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No Mercy for Drivers Who Drink And Drive
South African Transport Minister, Sibusiso Ndebele, has warned that there would be no mercy to motorists caught driving under the influence of alcohol.
Motorists Warned to Insure Their Vehicles Ahead of Crackdown in the UK
Motorists in the UK are being warned to insure their vehicles ahead of a new crackdown to tackle the menace of uninsured driving. Under the new Continuous Insurance Enforcement law – which will affect all motorists from June 20 – it is an offense...
Mozambique’s Traffic Department Earmarks $55m for Traffic Improvement
Mozambique´s traffic department known as Institute Nacional de Viaçao will invest $55 million to buy special equipment to watch highways with the aim of reducing the number of road accidents, INAV officials revealed in Maputo on Tuesday.
Estimated Cost of U.S. Crash-Related Deaths is $41b Per Year
Motor vehicle crash-related deaths in the United States resulted in an estimated $41 billion in medical and work loss costs in a year, according to state-based estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Half of this cost ($20.4...
Malawi Launches United Nation’s Road Safety Action Decade
Malawi has joined the international community to launch the Decade of Action for Road Safety for the period of 2011 to 2020.
Motorcycle Testing in the UK Set for an Overhaul
UK Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has published plans to trial a new, single, on-road motorcycle test. The report from the motorcycle test review is the result of work the Department has undertaken with motorcycle groups, training organizations and...
THINK! Team Up with Football Clubs to Keep Children Safe on the Roads
Road Safety Minister Mike Penning has launched an innovative new partnership between the THINK! child road safety campaign and four football clubs. Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland, West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United will use their after-school clubs...
Plan to Stop One Million Vehicles in South Africa on Course
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele is confident that by the end of October law enforcement authorities will have exceeded their target of stopping one million vehicles a month.
