The Sun Newspaper has reported on the success, or rather failure, of 20 mph area-wide speed limits, to reduce accidents. They have obtained figures from…
Chris Ward2018-09-15
According to a report in the Herald newspaper, police in Scotland have shelved plans to introduce speed awareness courses in the country like they operate…
Chris Ward2018-08-28
The Government have announced a review of cycling offences and a public consultation on what they propose to change. This follows an increase in the…
Chris Ward2018-08-22
Last night the BBC broadcast a programme on air pollution entitled Fighting for Air (BBC2 on 19/8/2018). It was presented by Dr. Xand van Tulleken…
Chris Ward2018-08-20
Following the publication of a scientific paper analysing heart condition and the impact of air pollution, the national media immediately jumped to headlines such as…
Chris Ward2018-08-07
According to figures recently released, only 445,000 of the 4.6 million crimes committed in the last year in England and Wales resulted in prosecution. Yet…
Chris Ward2018-07-25
The “school run” is now a major cause of traffic congestion twice a day during school terms. It has got worse for three reasons: 1)…
Chris Ward2018-07-18
The ABD welcomes so called ‘weakening’ of the government’s stance against petrol and diesel engines (1). Despite much media hype the vast majority of petrol…
Chris Ward2018-07-10
Does your local council provide free or affordable parking, good road conditions rather than roads full of potholes, and do they reduce congestion as opposed…
Chris Ward2018-07-02
Get the Limits Right and Arguments About Speed Enforcement Could Vanish It is very easy when we hear people complaining about speed limit enforcement, to…
Chris Ward2018-06-27
With the approach of summer it is interesting to see how different councils approach grass cutting and the effects that unattended grass can have on…
Chris Ward2018-06-06
The Department for Transport (DfT) have, after a long delay, published the Ipsos-MORI report that they commissioned into the effectiveness of speed awareness courses. This…
Chris Ward2018-05-14
Today’s new car registration figures show that last year’s changes to Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) have now led to a whole year of declining new…
Chris Ward2018-04-05
Why, after over four-and-a-half decades of dramatically declining vehicle emissions (typically having fallen by some 70%; see Fig.1 below ), do we have urban vehicle…
Chris Ward2018-02-24
Highways England are planning to put a variable speed limit in place between J8-J10. This will involve ‘stealth’ cameras. They were asking for comments from…
Chris Ward2018-02-23
It has recently been announced that the outdated and discredited 70mph motorway speed limit is now to be rigidly applied on so-called “managed”, or “smart”…
Chris Ward2018-01-31
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has said before that we are suspicious about the reasons given for the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in…
Chris Ward2018-01-25
In June 2016 Britain voted to leave the EU, but the British government decided that it will continue to impose EU motoring laws, without any…
Chris Ward2018-01-17
Around 1,800 people die on the roads per year and around 24,000 are ‘seriously injured’. It is well known that around 15% of fatal and…
Chris Ward2018-01-02
