Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) Report highlights the economic damage from even a 2p rise in fuel duty. ABD Spokesman Paul Biggs said:…
Bob Bull2020-11-24
An arbitrary target date for banning new petrol/diesel cars and vans is based on costly virtue signalling. It is widely reported that Boris Johnson is…
Bob Bull2020-11-18
14 Tory MPs so far have signed the letter to Grant Shapps (1) highlighting the damage being done by road blocks and cycle lanes installed…
Ian Taylor2020-11-10
Despite substantial recent expansion of the cycle network nationwide, there has been no corresponding increase in the uptake of cycling. The ABD is neither in…
Ian Taylor2020-11-08
The Government has responded to the parliamentary petition which called for withdrawal of guidance and funding of road closures and cycle lanes that are creating…
Bob Bull2020-10-28
The Guardian’s hysterical piece (21 October 2020) objecting to the Alliance of British Drivers giving evidence on road safety to a Select Committee plumbs new…
Ian Taylor2020-10-26
Highways England (HE) is proposing to reduce the motorway speed limit for all traffic, including "zero" tailpipe- (but in practice merely geographically displaced) emissions electric…
Ian Taylor2020-09-24
The Alliance of British Drivers has long argued that there is way too much scaremongering about the impact on people’s health of air pollution. We…
Ian Taylor2020-09-11
The Traffic Management Act was passed by Parliament in 2004. Its objective was to improve the management of the road network. Part 2 of the…
Ian Taylor2020-09-09
The national news media are finally waking up to the damaging road closures caused by Grant Shapps’ directives encouraging local councils to promote “active” travel…
Ian Taylor2020-08-23
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are being promoted by local councils and central government and are actually being implemented in many locations around the country. Typically…
Ian Taylor2020-08-18
The Daily Telegraph covered the alleged “culture war” caused by road closures in Islington today. The article said: “The leader of Islington council, Richard Watts,…
Ian Taylor2020-08-13
A raft of new laws prioritising cyclists ramps up the war on drivers under the guise of fighting obesity Following Nanny State instructions on what…
Bob Bull2020-07-29
A Highways England (HE) study (1) into raising speed limits from 50mph to 55 or 60mph through motorway roadworks confirms the longstanding ABD position that…
Bob Bull2020-07-28
A Highways England (HE) study into raising speed limits from 50mph to 55 or 60mph through motorway roadworks confirms the longstanding ABD position that sensible…
Bob Bull2020-07-27
Dear Mr King, Many drivers are cyclists, including ABD members, but road space reallocation for cycling has collided with democracy and common sense. The ABD…
Bob Bull2020-07-26
Smokers, who inhale a large amount of Particulate Matter (PM) per cigarette, are under-represented in Covid-19 critical cases and deaths A number of highly questionable…
Bob Bull2020-07-24
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) is not against EVs per se, but we are concerned that they are far from a 100% replacement for…
Bob Bull2020-07-21
ISSUE DATE: 16 July 2020 Once again what the ABD has been saying for decades now has been corroborated: the UK road "safety" industry has degenerated…
Ian Taylor2020-07-17
