such events. If only road racing had better publicity and bigger sponsorship backing. It would do the sport good and improve safety measures at the same time.GravystormAll rational arguments aside, it makes desperately sad it makes me when I read about

me to be an “ambassador” of road safety at a recent awareness day they organised at my local bike shop. After two hours of chatting to people and helping the police get their message across I left for home and promptly got done for speeding not a mile

THE DECLINE in the number of deaths on UK roads has been heralded "a record decade for road safety" following a report published by an international transport group. Data published by the Paris-based International Transport Forum revealed Britain

and parts of Yorkshire. However, the energy-saving move has come in for sharp criticism from road safety officials. The Commons Transport Select Committee chairwoman Louise Ellman said road safety could be compromised by turning off street lights across

POTHOLES on Britain's roads are becoming an increasingly serious and common problem, according to Warranty Direct's campaign website, Potholes.co.uk - they blame shoddy repairs.Potholes attribute the parlous state of Britain's road network

-recession 2008, the same survey indicated 15.3% illegal and 64.2% below 2mm - making the latest statistics a shocking indictment of the British motorists' flagrant disregard for a major area of road safety.Alan Baldwin, MTS wholesale director, said 'It is a

SURREY POLICE have released details of the excuses given to their officers by drivers caught using their mobile phones at the wheel, in an attempt to raise awareness of the problem and to highlight the confused attitude of some road users

SINCE we’re often the ones who come off worse when car drivers fail to pay attention, it’s no surprise that bikers tend to be in favour of laws that remove distractions. When the government decided to ban the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving, the legislation was warml...

that drivers should be held legally responsible for accidents between cars and more vulnerable road users in pedestrian-priority zones, according to the latest poll by road safety charity the IAM.Woonerfs are a concept which come from the Netherlands. The key

drive them: 22% of car drivers say they don't wear a seatbelt. If they don't care about their own safety, how likely are they to be concerned with the safety of others.To me, this release puts the problem squarely at the foot of the biker. I know bikers