whether or not repealing the helmet law is the cause of the spike in motorcycle deaths. Anne Readett, of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, said: 'That number is very sensitive to what happens in terms of weather from year to year,'If we have

newly registered models.Although ABS will not be explicitly required on motorcycles below 125cc - early draft legislation to this effect was rejected - the EU has got something in mind for 'enchancing safety across all motorcycle classes

HOPES for a private prosecution of Collette Carpenter, the former Dorset policewoman who was talking on the phone when she was involved in an accident which resulted in the death of a biker, have been quashed.In February we reported that the Crown Prosecution Service decided not ...

. Carpenter pulled out of a side road in her Peugeot 206 and hit the Honda CBF1000 ridden by David Bartholomew, 54, who died of head injuries and multiple fractures after the collision in March last year. Witnesses confirmed Bartholomew was not breaking the speed

THE IAM have released the results of a survey where they asked 1,117 councillors for their views on transport plans and road safety topics.The top priority, according to councillors across the country is to address the issue of poor road surfaces

AN OVERWHELMING 91% of respondents in a recent survey by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) claimed that they did not trust the government to reinvest money made from tolls in road improvement work. It has long been held that toll roads

A GROUP of French traffic policemen, frustrated by speeding enforcement quotas, have taken to physically taping up speed cameras on their routes. They maintain that French road safety policy is focussed on financial profitability rather than

commuting longer distances and therefore motorcycling needs to be factored into a two-wheel vision for London. Cyclists and motorcyclists have a good deal in common as vulnerable road users and any measures which improve the safety outcomes for all two

WARRANTY DIRECT, who run Potholes.co.uk, believe that the pothole epidemic across Britain's roads will continue to worsen before it improves - they have logged a record number of reported potholes over the last three months and a spike in related

police officer.Richard Andrew, spokesman road safety campaigners Brake said: 'Drink-driving is incredibly dangerous and selfish behaviour which shows no concern for the law or for the safety of other road users, and can have devastating consequences