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Transport planners. Don’t be like Britain. Be like Denmark.

Odense is the third-largest city in Denmark and yet 81% of children ride to school, generally without their parents. Here in Britain, we appear happy with less than 2%. Children should have the right to travel to school on foot or by bike without facing road danger – of every kind. Sixty nine children were killed and over 6,000 were injured…

Driving in France

If the roads of continental Europe beckon once again his summer, why not download Driving in France – our free e-book packed with information and advice on what to bring with you, the basic rules of the road, laws on speeding and fines, toll road information, advice for motorcyclists and much more? Don’t forget that for short-term driving trips in…

New MOT test clamps down diesel cheats

Motorists who have removed the diesel particulate filter (DPF) from their car’s exhaust to save on the £1,000 cost of replacing it will be lumbered with a car or van that’s unable to pass the MOT. Changes to the MOT test criteria means that a major fault will be assigned to the vehicle if smoke of any colour is witnessed…

No more honorifics

The use of titles to distinguish between married/unmarried women, but not men, is not only outmoded, but discriminatory so as a business we’ve now stopped using titles entirely with all our customers in written or emailed correspondence. From the start of this month, none of our written communications have included honorifics of any kind. We know it’s a small step,…

Mobile phone cameras aimed at drivers

The A roads and motorways now policed by average speed cameras are the only carriageways in Britain on which most drivers are travelling within the speed limit. And now engineers in Australia have developed a new technology could have a similarly transformative effect on mobile phone use behind the wheel. The new cameras take a bird’s eye view of passing cars…