The Alliance of Better Dwellings (ABD) is proud to launch Home Safety Week, 25th November - 1st December. According to RoSPA, more accidents happen in…
Alister Watt2019-11-23
Sporadically politicians (typically when bolstering re-election prospects) propose increasing the archaic UK motorway speed limit to 80mph. With nowadays 50% of vehicles typically exceeding 70mph,…
Alister Watt2019-11-18
How much do you value your freedom of movement; the ability to go where you want, when you want and by your preferred transport mode?…
Alister Watt2019-11-07
New Euro VI diesel cars producing near zero harmful emissions, some of which are cleaner than the equivalent petrol version (Reference 1 below), will be…
Alister Watt2019-11-07
Highways England is said to be trialling cameras that look down from above to spy on car occupants, on the pretext of detecting mobile phone…
Alister Watt2019-11-07
Transport for London (TfL) have released some figures for the first six months of the ULEZ scheme (for April to September 2019). The bad news…
Alister Watt2019-11-05
Will Electric Vehicles ever be ready to power the Caravan and Motorhome Industry? The unsuitability of EVs for heavy vehicles highlights the need for continued…
Alister Watt2019-10-13
Paris 'smog days' have increased from 5 to 22 per year in the past 4 years as a direct result of the Mayor's anti-car policies…
Alister Watt2019-10-09
Emission Impossible and Climatically Irrelevant as Global Fossil Fuel Use Continues to Increase. The government has embarked on a unilateral policy of reducing the UK's…
Alister Watt2019-10-06
ABD Argues The Focus Should Be On 85th Percentile To Maximise Safety. The ABD have long called for an overhaul of speed limits. The current…
Alister Watt2019-10-03
The USA is traditionally where the motor car is king as public transport has been sparse while roads have been built to cope with demand.…
Alister Watt2019-09-23
In a modern 24/7 society denying drivers the use of roads for spurious reasons is unacceptable.The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has become increasingly concerned…
Alister Watt2019-09-19
The Alliance of British Drivers has submitted evidence to Parliament’s Transport Committee inquiry into road safety. Subsequently, the Committee expanded the inquiry to seek evidence…
Alister Watt2019-09-16
UK pedestrian road traffic accident causation statistics consistently indicate that 65% of pedestrian fatalities and serious pedestrian injuries are precipitated by the pedestrian "jumping, running,…
Alister Watt2019-08-15
There has been much hysteria about hands free phone use in the media. Whilst we are being presented with much evidence of phone use being…
Alister Watt2019-08-14
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has launched a campaign against blanket 20 MPH speed limits under the name “ABD 20's Senseless” – see www.abd20senseless.org…
Alister Watt2019-08-12
Vision Zero is a multi-national road traffic safety project that aims to achieve a highway system with no fatalities or serious injuries involving road traffic.…
Alister Watt2019-08-06
The Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) has long been concerned that the national media does little to adequately inform the public regarding the stark disparity…
Alister Watt2019-07-10
Another ABD prediction comes true and the likes of Brake are proved wrong again. In 2015 speed limits were increased for goods vehicles over 7.5…
Alister Watt2019-06-28
