Tiredness is deadly but half of all drivers are forced to drive to work early despite a lack of sleepBy: Danny HewittPublished: 25/07/2013 03:35:00  Drivers are being advised to take simple steps to avoid falling asleep at the wheel as the holiday season starts and many families prepare for long distance travel to destin.Tags: Health and Safety, driver fatigue, sleep related road accidents, employer responsibility, tiredness 

Employers must allow employees to sleep for longer as driver fatigue is linked to one in five road accidents, RoSPA Head claimsBy: Danny HewittPublished: 23/07/2013 23:31:00  It’s Monday morning. You’ve had a lovely weekend and a late Sunday dinner, having stayed awake to watch The White Queen followed by a romantic comedy. Before you know it, yo.Tags: ROSPA, Health and Safety, driver fatigue, road deaths fatigue, FATIGUE uk road accidents 

EXCLUSIVE: The Tufty Club set for a comeback and reinvention ‘in a bigger way’By: Danny HewittPublished: 22/07/2013 10:03:00  “He obviously doesn’t have the coverage he used to have but we are considering whether it would be right to bring Tufty back in a bigger way.” That is the voice of Kevin Cli.Tags: ROSPA, under the hood, Tufty Club, RoSPA Tufty, tufty 

Nissan welcome Vince Cable's new UK Automotive Industrial StrategyBy: Danny HewittPublished: 12/07/2013 12:35:00  Nissan has welcomed the new UK Automotive Industrial Strategy, announced by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable.John Martin, Nissan’s Sen.Tags: Nissan, Vince Cable, uk automotive industrial strategy, nissan automotive strategy, nissan automotive plan 

Road safety charities say fines for tailgating and hogging motorway middle lanes ‘downplays the seriousness of the offence’By: Danny HewittPublished: 05/06/2013 14:07:00  Drivers who hog the middle lane or tailgate other cars are set to face on-the-spot fines of £100 and three points on their license, under new plans unveiled today. Poli.Tags: Road Safety, under the hood, Motorways, Middle Lane Fines, On the Spot Fines 

RoSPA presents health and safety awards to 140 transport and logistics companiesBy: Danny HewittPublished: 22/05/2013 16:55:00  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has presented occupational health and safety awards to 140 firms in the transport, storage and distribution sector..Tags: ROSPA, HGV, under the hood, Logistics, Courier Companies 

Jaguar Land Rover awards UK suppliers with £1.5 billion in contracts for Jaguar F-TypeBy: Danny HewittPublished: 10/05/2013 11:53:00  The first Jaguar F-TYPE customer cars have left Jaguar Land Rover’s Castle Bromwich manufacturing facility. The all-new sports car has resulted in contracts worth £2.8 .Tags: Jaguar Land Rover, Jaguar, under the hood, jaguar f type, f type 

Road Safety Red Squirrel Tufty Fluffytail to be honoured in exhibition as he celebrates 60th birthdayBy: Danny HewittPublished: 08/05/2013 12:40:00  Sixty years since he was created, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents’ retired road safety squirrel Tufty Fluffytail will feature in an exhibition exploring in.Tags: Road Safety, ROSPA, RoSPA Red Squirrel, Road Safety Squirrel, Squirrel Nutkin Crossing Road 

Prodrive creates ‘gorgeous’ coloured composites using a new manufacturing processBy: Danny HewittPublished: 23/04/2013 16:01:00  PRODRIVE has developed a new manufacturing process to create advanced composites with a range of elegant ‘designer’ colours.Having a glass-like finish, the precision manufac.Tags: under the hood, prodrive, composites, coloured composites, precision manufacturing 

Seatbelts not worn by millions 30 years after compulsory laws were introducedBy: Danny HewittPublished: 31/01/2013  MILLIONS of drivers continue to risk their lives and those of their passengers - 30 years after wearing seatbelts became mandatory in the UK."We must not become complacent o.Tags: Safety, Seatbelt, Volvo, Seat Belts, Seatbelts 

Industry leaders set to gather at Europe's largest motorsports and engineering trade showBy: Danny HewittPublished: 08/01/2013  THE WORLD'S motoring industry leaders will gather under one roof to show off their latest innovations and products this week.In what had been described as Europe's largest d.Tags: Innovations, Autosport International , Radical, Engineering , Birmingham NEC 

Low income families at highest risk of road accidentsBy: Danny HewittPublished: 03/01/2013  IF the government is to have any chance of restoring its reputation and reducing the number of people killed or injured on Britain's roads, it will need to focus as much on social factors as safety education, according to a new report by the Royal Society for the P.Tags: Accidents, Road Safety, Poverty, Low Income, Accident 

Personal breathalysers could be made compulsory in Britain, but leading safety charity fears abuse of systemBy: Danny HewittPublished: 14/08/2012  THERE is overwhelming support for the UK to replicate France by introducing compulsory self-breathalyser tests, a new survey has revealed. Earlier this year, our clas.Tags: Motoring Incidents, Drink Driving, Motoring Offences, Breathalysers, UK Motoring Law 

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