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Making all country lanes safer

Rural roads are more dangerous than they should be. Major rural roads are often not built wide enough to comfortably accommodate motorised traffic overtaking pedal traffic, and minor rural roads are simply too narrow for most motorised traffic ... (more)

Advertised mpg doesn't match reality

Who would have thought? Car manufacturers finding ways to inflate advertised mpgs on new model cars? Could it be? Actually, sarcasm aside, it's worth knowing why the manufacturer's stated/advertised figures are so unlikely to be achieved ... (more)

Child Killer Cars

The car buying public has been gradually getting conned into a size war on the roads. At the same time as advertising how green things are getting in the automobile world, car makers are 'pumping up' standard size car designs as a twisted ... (more)

Hands-free Phone doesn't mean Both Hands off the Wheel!

I recently had the misfortune to witness an Environment Agency employee driving along, in an Environment Agency truck, playing with his phone on his lap, with no hands on the wheel! I saw this clearly as I was sat at an upstairs window in ... (more)

Like Driving a Car

When trying to work out what to expect from the various web hosting platforms, consider an analogy with car ownership. Cloud Computing is like hiring a taxi. You don't pay anything when you're not using it, but it's expensive when you ... (more)

Specialized Armadillo Tyres Wrecked

During a routine service, my LBS noticed that my rear tyre was shredded and blistered, such that the outer rubber layer had come right off in places. From the photos it's hard to imagine that I hadn't noticed the dreadful state of the tyre ... (more)

Top Gear Test Track Found

Here is the 'secret' Bedfordshire track that Top Gear used for performing their truck-driving antics in early November, 2008. It is conveniently placed close to Lidlington railway station, so you don't even have to drive there! You can see ... (more)

Road Rage at Critical Mass

There is a report of a road rage incident during a Critical Mass gathering of cyclists. Apparently a car driver decided to ram a cyclist who was in their way, and then tried to drive from the scene. Another cyclist tried to stop the car driving ... (more)

Auto-dimming of Headlights

Electronics Weekly has published a story about automatically switching headlight brightness between low and high beam. It is based on the presumption that the only other people on the roads are driving a car with considerable light output. ... (more)

British Cycling Champion Killed in Collision with Van

The BBC reports that Jason MacIntyre has died after a collision with a van. Aged 34, he had just been given funding to train for the Commonwealth Games in 2010. In 2007 he won the Scottish Hill Climb Championships and British 25-mile Time ... (more)

Road Rage - BBC1

On BBC One tonight, London road rage is in the spotlight. It features 4x4 hating and angry 4x4 drivers, cyclists who won't stop at pedestrian lights, cyclists who jump red junction lights, the deadly left turn by lorries, naked cyclists, dangerous ... (more)

TrafficTV: TrafficMaster on Your Mobile

TrafficTV (http://www.traffictv.co.uk/) is a system that provides trafficmaster data to your mobile phone. Clearly this means that you need to have your mobile phone switched on and visible to you whilst driving, to act like a SatNav device ... (more)

Mobile phone driving jail threat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7153070.stm Motorists caught driving dangerously while using a mobile phone face being sent to jail under new guidelines. At the least, disqualification from driving for a minimum period of 12 months ... (more)

Aggressive Driving: Proving a Point

Drivers may not pay attention while driving, or may not realise that they are driving too fast, and this is bad enough. What makes drivers aggressive, though, and how are vulnerable road users best able to cope? Is it acceptable or wise to ... (more)

Act on CO2

The UK Government has launched a campaign to reduce car CO2 emissions by better driving and car care. Their page of Smarter Driving Tips and Advice lists all the sensible things we don't always remember: Inflate your tyres to the correct ... (more)