Polski Dzial Mobile devices more of a distraction than a screaming child
A recent study has exposed the distraction and danger to drivers of just having a mobile phone in the car, with a fifth of participants in a simulator situation moving their eyes from the road for more than seven seconds after simply hearing their phone ring. The simulator study commissioned by esure car insurance reveals […]
Scottish safety camera figures
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) in Scotland has welcomed a reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured at safety camera sites following camera enforcement, but is concerned that some drivers are still not heeding the safety messages at 40-, 50- and 60mph locations. Latest figures from Scotland’s Chief […]
Britain’s dockers at risk
Britain’s dock workers could be left without the specialist safety protection they need if plans to water-down safety regulations go ahead. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) says proposals by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to axe safety rules specific to dockyards could have “tragic consequences”. “Five times more dock workers die than […]
Calls for Government to reinstate road safety campaigns
The latest RAC Report on Motoring has found that the number of 17-24-year-olds drug-driving has doubled from 5% to 9% in the past twelve months, and 13% of this age group have driven or been a passenger in a car when the driver was under the influence of drugs over the past year. There has […]