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Young Drivers Road Safety Facts & Statistics

The following is a synopsis of learner driver statistics compiled by Michael Morris, a Digital Relations Consultant. The full article can be read at: https://www.comparethemarket.com/car-insurance/learner-drivers/#learner-driver-statistics…

Bob Bull2021-12-06

ABD

Why society needs cars………….

Cars are good for your health! Driving is an absolute necessity for millions – and, for many of those millions, also a pleasurable one. But…

Alister Watt2021-11-23

Climate Change

Hypocrites? Or Do They Secretly Not Believe Man is Materially Influencing the Climate?

Many are complaining of the hypocritical behaviour of politicians and world leaders with their 'Do as as I say, not as I do' attitude. Is…

Bob Bull2021-11-13

Climate Change

FLOP 26: Top 10 Failed Climate Predictions For 2020

ABD advice to everyone including drivers: when presented with an unverifiable and alarming climate prediction, including those that use climate models, ask to see the…

Bob Bull2021-11-08

Climate Change

‘Global Climate Crisis’ Fact Check

As the COP26 rhetoric gets even more hysterical, with cars targetted in Boris Johnson's 'Coal, Cars, Cash, Trees' slogan, we take a brief look at…

Bob Bull2021-11-04

Climate Change

COP 26: A Two Week Boondoggle For Climate Liars And Hypocrites

120 world leaders could have met via Zoom and there is no justification for a jet-setting entourage of 25,000 people.Aside from UK taxpayers footing the…

Bob Bull2021-10-29

Taxation

Autumn Budget: Rising Prices And E10 Make A Strong Case For Cutting Fuel Duty

Some drivers claim that 10% ethanol in petrol (E10) reduces mpg and the price of ethanol seems to have added to rising fuel prices, which…

Bob Bull2021-10-25

ABD

‘Three decades on from the Fall of the Berlin Wall, no (private) cars on UK roads at all?’

In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, car ownership quickly became the number one measure of freedom to which people throwing off…

Bob Bull2021-10-19

ABD

Let Road Users Decide On The Future of Road Transport

The Alliance of British Drivers totally backs the recommendation in the recent FairFuelUK All Party Parliamentary Group for UK Motorists and Road Hauliers report ,…

Bob Bull2021-09-05

Road Safety

Fact: A Lower Drink-Drive Limit Doesn’t Reduce Crashes

Annual calls for the drink-drive limit to be reduced from 0.08% blood alcohol content (BAC) to 0.05% are unsupported by the evidence and data.In December…

Bob Bull2021-09-01

Climate Change

UN Climate Report: Alarmism On Steroids

50 years of failed predictions continue with yet another 10 years to avert the end of the world.A brief history of UN alarmism and failed…

Bob Bull2021-08-12

Fairfuel

2030 Petrol/Diesel Ban: APPG Fair Fuel For UK Motorists And Hauliers Report Released

All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) report provides the scrutiny that has so far been avoided by the government. For some time now the ABD has…

Karl2021-08-02

EnvironmentFairfuel

End Of The Road For Classic Cars?

Decarbonisation Minister states that there are no plans to remove older cars and classic cars from the roads "at this stage." Minister Rachel Mclean made…

Bob Bull2021-07-26

ABD Press ReleaseAir Pollution

Press Release – CBI Economics CAZ Report Is Based On Flawed Assumptions

Clean Air Zones (CAZ) are a cost:benefit fail, not an economic benefitA new CBI Economics report claims that even a small reduction in nitrogen dioxide…

Bob Bull2021-04-14

ABD Press ReleaseClimate ChangeWest Midlands

Press Release: WMCA – Stay Home For Net Zero

West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) wants people to stay at home after Covid-19 to help meet net zero and Paris Agreement climate targets.WMCA has published…

Bob Bull2021-03-26

ABD Press ReleaseTaxation

Press Release: ABD Welcomes Budget Fuel Duty Freeze

ISSUE DATE: 3 March 2021 The continuing freeze on fuel duty is good news for the economy, but UK drivers remain amongst the highest taxed in…

Ian Taylor2021-03-03

ABD Press ReleaseTaxation

Press Release: Budget 2021 – Why A Hike in Fuel Duty Would Be Folly

ISSUE DATE: 28 February 2021 Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) Report highlights the economic damage from even a 2p rise in fuel duty. ABD…

Ian Taylor2021-03-01

ABD Press ReleaseAir Pollution

Press Release: Reaction to the Ella Kissi-Debrah Second Inquest

The verdict of air pollution being a contributory factor was made in the absence of measured data, under intense emotional and political pressure The following…

Bob Bull2020-12-17

Air PollutionLow Traffic NeighbourhoodsPolitics

Blog: Pollution in LTN Rose, Nigel Farage’s Roads Election Pledge & Emergency Service Access Problems

The Daily Telegraph has run a couple of interesting articles on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) recently. The first one (see Reference 1 below for link…

Ian Taylor2020-12-07

ABD Press ReleaseAir Pollution

Press Release: New Ella Kissi-Debrah Inquest – One-Sided Evidence?

Witnesses seem to have a political, personal or professional interest in implicating air pollution from traffic as a cause of death. The second inquest into…

Bob Bull2020-11-30