ban of at least 12-months and a £5,000 fine. An expert panel will be brought in to advise on which drugs are to be covered by the offence.However, the roadside drug testing system could be flawed says IAM chief executive Simon Best: “While we support

Neil Greig, IAM Director of Policy and Research thinks that rural road training is a good idea. He may be talking about cars but it applies to us lot as well. "The IAM believes that driver training, especially post-test training, is the real answer

THE IAM is supporting calls to make anti-lock braking systems (ABS) compulsory on all new large motorcycles by 2015.MEPs will shortly debate proposals that would force manufacturers to introduce ABS as standard on all new motorcycles over 125cc

IN A recent survey by the IAM, 48% of the 4,000 respondents think the Woonerf concept – with no pavements, giving cars, pedestrians and cyclists equal use of the same road space – is a good idea for use in the UK.Fifty-eight per cent of people think

THE INSTITUTE of Advanced Motorists have called for the police to crackdown on scooter riders in a bid to keep the wheelie-prone yoofs off the streets.The IAM are claiming that because the 50cc-riding kids don't need any training they are a menace

for topping 90mph in a 60mph limit.Introducing Mr Hughes as a guest speaker at yesterday's lunch, IAM chairman David Kenworthy, said, "Med (Mr Hughes) has had a little issue. He did offer to stand down from this engagement but you don't get out of a talk like

by the Institute of Advanced Motoring this morning and the IAM's call for the police to clamp down on the untrained riders, it won't be deploying officers to take on the two-wheeled funsters.A spokesman for ACPO said: "We won't be sending officers out to track down

THE IAM has revealed thataverage sentence for causing death by dangerous driving is just four years  – 62 per cent shorter than for manslaughter.The figures have been provided by theMinistry of Justice and show that those sentenced to prison

driving, the legislation was warmly greeted by the two-wheeled community. Now, new IAM research suggests smoking while driving should be illegal as well.According to the IAM, 56 percent of motorists reckon smoking while driving should be illegal, with only

A SURVEY by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has revealed that 15 per cent of drivers think that fixed penalty notices are the most effective way to tackle careless driving1900 people were surveyed by the IAM and the results showed that 40