SWINDON COUNCIL has made UK traffic law history by becoming the first English authority to scrap the use of its fixed speed cameras.The council is to reinvest the £320,000 spent each year on maintaining its five cameras into road safety.  "Because

ROSPA - The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - has published an article entitled 'Ten Reasons to Maintain Speed Camera Enforcement' following the Government's decision to cutback on road safety funding.The statistically-driven article

in the 400cc class race.In March this year, Visordown reported the news that a Senior Irish coroner had blasted the country's road racing safety record, calling for drastic measures to be introduced to improve both racer and spectator safety.

ROAD SAFETY groups have asked the BBC to sack moronic motormouth Jeremy Clarkson after his recent claims of doing 186mph on a road in London in a Bugatti Veyron. Clarkson claimed that speed limits in the city are annoying for most people.The BBC

MARIA COSTELLO - the former female outright lap record holder for the Isle of Man TT - has been honoured by the Queen with an MBE.The 31-year-old, whose lap record was smashed by Jenny Tinmouth at this year's TT, was awarded the honour for her services to motorcycling in the Quee...

SPEED HUMPS are set to be banished from 20mph zones, the Government announced today, but plans for a blanket 20mph speed limit in many residential areas were also unveiled, in a move to reduce pedestrian and cyclist deaths.Road Safety Minister Paul

camera network at the end of last month following the Coalition's decision to slash road safety funding. "I think there is a real possibility that the pressure on council budgets will be so severe that even those councils that are in favour of speed

LIBERAL Democrats have voted in favour of more 20mph limits.At their party conference, they called for local authorities 'to give active consideration to introducing 20mph limits in existing residential and other suitable roads over the next few

EAST YORKISHIRE Police have appealed to car drivers to be more vigilant following an increase in the number of motorcyclist's killed on the region's roads.Motorcycle fatalities doubled between January to July 2010 compared to the same period last

NORTHERN Ireland Environment Minister Sammy Wilson has launched a new-style motorcycle test aimed at better safety on the country's roads.The new-style test, which kicked off on December 8th, means would-be bikers will have to pass a theory test, a