A car ran out of fuel on the motorway near Leeds, just half a mile from services. West Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit has warned motorists of the dangers of using the motorway when low on petrol or diesel after the incident this morning The vehicle was forced to pull up in the hard shoulder…
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The number of drivers illegally using their phone at the wheel has fallen by a quarter since last year but new research suggests that as many as nine million are still regularly breaking the law. The RAC’s Report on Motoring 2017 reveals that while the proportion of drivers who admit to using a handheld phone…
A 23 YEAR old was more than twice the drink drive limit after celebrating joining a new football team, heard Skipton magistrates. A member of the public called the police after seeing Thomas Harris driving his Alfa Romeo erratically in Long Preston at 6.30pm on August 26, the court heard. He was stopped by police…
A BARNOLDSWICK woman who drove while more than three times over the limit and with a child in the car has been banned from driving for 28 months. Skipton magistrates told Katie Gibson they were ‘shocked’ at the high reading and because she had had a young child with her at the time. In addition…
A motorcyclist who performed wheelies and took a selfie while driving on the M6 has been jailed for eight months. Pawel Zietowski was also filmed by police standing up and rummaging through a backpack. He reached speeds of 117mph (188kmph) before being stopped in Staffordshire on 3 June. Sentencing him, Judge David Fletcher said the…
The 2018 edition of Young Driver Focus will once again be staged at the event’s ‘spiritual home’, the prestigious Royal Automobile Club in London’s Pall Mall on Wednesday 25 April. Young Driver Focus 2018 will be jointly organised by FirstCar, Road Safety GB and the RAC Foundation, in association with the young driver insurer ingenie,…
Cycle to Work Day encourages adults across the UK to get on their bike and give cycle commuting a go for one day. Why – because cycling to work is brilliant! It’s an easy way to boost your health and fitness, improve your wellbeing and show some love to the environment. This year’s event takes…
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has confirmed that the driving test in England, Scotland and Wales will change from Monday 4 December 2017. The driving test works differently in Northern Ireland. The changes are designed to make sure new drivers have the skills they’ll need to help them through a lifetime of safe…
Tough new drug driving laws are now taking more dangerous drivers off roads, with conviction rates for the new drug driving offence at 98%. Thanks to government action, which is ensuring police forces now have access to improved screening equipment to test suspected drug drivers, motorists are now just as likely to be convicted for…
The temptation for some drivers who don’t own a sat nav is to use their mobile phone as a handy way of finding their destination. However, police have warned that drivers caught doing this could land them with a £200 fine and six penalty points. In April, tough new laws were brought into force banning…