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
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.Ā Yet…
Chris Ward2018-07-25
The āschool runā 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 āweakeningā of the governmentās stance against petrol and diesel engines (1).Ā 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
Todayās new car registration figures show that last yearās 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 āstealthā 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It has recently been announced that the outdated and discredited 70mph motorway speed limit is now to be rigidly applied on so-called āmanagedā, or āsmartā…
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 āseriously injuredā. It is well known that around 15% of fatal and…
Chris Ward2018-01-02
The ABD calls for a firm regulatory framework for the UK speed enforcement industry. For many years now, the Alliance of British Drivers has become…
Chris Ward2017-12-24
Figures published by the Department for Transport (DfT) show that recorded speed limit offences hit a record high in 2016. With 2.1 million offences, they…
Chris Ward2017-12-07
The average driver doing 8,000 miles in a new 40mpg hatchback pays around Ā£900 per annum in fuel tax and VED. Drivers of older cars…
Chris Ward2017-11-17
Press Release Published 6/9/2017: In June 2017, London Mayor Sadiq Khan opened a crucial consultation that will decide the future of transport in London. The…
Chris Ward2017-09-06
