#road-safety

#road-safety

A Conservative MP has called for the mandatory wearing of cycle helmets on public highways following a campaign spearheaded by his constituent.Mark Pawsey, MP for Rugby, told the Commons how the then teenage Oliver Dibsdale sustained a serious brain injury after falling from his bike without a helmet in 2015.

L ondoners could have their weekly groceries delivered by self-driving vehicles under plans being trialled in the capital.Asda and Ocado have partnered with technology firm Wayve to explore the potential to use driverless or autonomous vehicles to improve road safety.Kaity Fischer, Director of Partnerships and Business Development at Wayve, said they could become commonplace within the next decade.

Low-traffic neighbourhoods seemingly can prompt residents to drive less, with a study showing people in one London borough cut their driving by nearly a mile a day on average after LTNs were introduced.While the research covers only four LTNs created in 2020, it is potentially significant because it contradicts the objection from opponents of the schemes that they make people drive further on less direct routes.

Speed limits of 20mph should be imposed on all roads near schools to reduce the number of child crash deaths, according to a charity.Brake, which campaigns to boost road safety, said cutting speed limits saves lives.Department for Transport figures show 2,456 children aged under 16 were killed or seriously injured on Britain's roads last year.

Residents around Shooters Hill Road in Greenwich have sent a petition signed by over 700 people to Greenwich Council to add traffic safety measures to the busy street, with two people having died there since 2006.Local resident Laura King, 44, has lived near Shooters Hill Road for 15 years.The railings on Shooters Hill Road at its junction with Well Hall Road, shown warped by the collisions there She feels safer driving her children to the local primary school because she doesn't feel confident walking them through the busy junction at Well Hall Road.

A roadway in Toronto's west end continues to top the list of the most speeding tickets garnered in the city, nearly one year after a speeding camera was put in to deter dangerous driving.Since Toronto started its speeding camera program, which now consists of 75 cameras, drivers on Parkside Drive south of Algonquin Avenue racked up a whopping 24,556 speeding tickets from April 2022 to March of this year.

Road safety advocates are calling on the city to accelerate its plan to install more protected bike lanes as a new report finds that Toronto is falling behind on its commitment to expand safe cycling across the city.In a report released Tuesday, Toronto Community Bikeways Coalition (TCBC) found that despite city council's approved plan, which calls for the installation of 100 kilometres of new protected bike lanes by the end of 2024  an average of 33 kilometres per year  roughly 13.1 kilometres of bike lanes were opened in 2022.

Do you have a strict bedtime?A sunrise-mimicking alarm clock?A vial of sleep oil?A white noise machine?A ban on screens past 10pm?We are, as a culture, obsessed with sleep.Not getting enough, not having the right kind; even sleeping too much.Study after study piles up to warn us that any of the above will give us cancer or dementia.

A single yellow box junction in south London made the local council up to 1 million last year.The junction, located between Croydon Road and Langley Road in Elmers End, saw some 8,118 fines issued by Bromley Council in 2022.Each fine was for a maximum of 130, meaning that a total of 1,055,340 could have been made by the Conservative-run authority.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Speeding on rural roads with a 60mph limit has reached the highest level in six years, a survey suggests.Nearly half (48%) of respondents to a poll of 3,102 UK drivers commissioned by the RAC for its 2022 Report on Motoring said they had driven faster than the limit on what are Britain's deadliest roads in the previous 12 months.

L ondon's last DVD-only shop is at risk of closing down but locals are trying to raise 5,000 to keep it open.For Your Eyes Only, in south-east London's Forest Hill neighbourhood, has been open since 1988.It has survived the closure of DVD chains such as Blockbuster and the advent of streaming services like Netflix.

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Owners of new cars, motorbikes and vans could be permitted to delay their vehicle's first MOT by a year under Government plans to cut costs for drivers.The Department for Transport said it has launched a consultation on proposals to require light vehicles in Britain to have their first MOT four years after they are registered, compared with three years currently.

Lewisham Council unveils plan to reimagine the borough's streets (Image: Lewisham Council) Lewisham Council has unveiled proposals to reimagine the borough's roads and streets.The goal of these plans is to reduce air pollution, improve road safety and encourage more people to walk, cycle or use public transport.

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