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Road safety officer calls for abolition of dangerous driving licence loophole

Published 25 September 2023
By Shane O' Donoghue
Andy Cox from the Met Police calls for 'exceptional hardship' loophole to be abolished.
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More than 7 in 10 drivers have had near misses

New research released by Nextbase has revealed that some 72% of drivers have experienced “near-miss” incidents on the road.
Published 04 August 2022
Revealed: the dangerous defects found on foreign and British lorries

Temporary changes to working hours for HGV drivers

Government move to temporarily extend the number of hours that HGV drivers can work is met with backlash from the industry.
Published 08 July 2021
Courts are too lenient on dangerous drivers, says police chief

Police chief: courts too lenient on speeders

A police chief has told The Sunday Times that dangerous drivers should be afforded no more leniency in court than those involved in knife crime.
Published 17 May 2021

Motorbike rider filmed at 180mph by his helmet cam

A motorbike rider from Kent won't return to the roads for nearly four years, after his helmet cam filmed him at 190mph in a 70mph zone.
Published 03 December 2019
Concern over road road has doubled in 12 months

Concern over road rage has doubled in 12 months

Congestion and modern life have been blamed for a huge increase in the proportion of drivers citing road rage as their chief worry when behind th
Published 15 October 2019
More than four-fifths of drivers can't stick to a 20mph speed limit

Rock music makes drivers more likely to speed

Rock anthems may make great driving tunes, but new research suggests they may make you more likely to break the speed limit or crash.
Published 23 September 2019
Eight-year old boy crashes his mother's Volkswagen Golf on the autobahn

Eight-year old crashes mum's car on autobahn

Dortmund Police has released details of a startling crash caused by a child who took his mum's Volkswagen for a drive in the middle of the night.
Published 06 September 2019
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Video: 'Idiot' driver banned after lorry crash

A Seat Ibiza driver has been disqualified for a reckless overtaking move that caused a crash on a busy road in the East Midlands.
Published 28 August 2019
A delivery van driver caused three major crashes along a mile-and-a-half stretch of the M6 motorway — and continuing on after each collision. Police in Birmingham arrested Awil Hayow, the driver of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter delivery van, for his dangerous and illegal driving.

Delivery driver arrested after multiple crashes

Astonishing CCTV footage shows a delivery van driver causing three major crashes along a mile-and-a-half stretch of the M6 motorway.
Published 08 August 2019

Video: Reckless Toyota driver caught on dash cam

A motorist in Edinburgh was left in disbelief by a reckless Toyota Previa driver who came incredibly close to causing a massive crash.
Published 18 June 2019
Essex Police on the hunt for aggressive stolen Audi assailants

'Unreal' dash cam footage shows multiple attacks

Essex Police are trying to track down two men who were caught on camera harassing and trying to assault another motorist near Leigh-on-Sea.
Published 08 April 2019
Chilling moment schoolboy, 14, escapes by whisker as van driver jumps red light

Chilling video shows van driver nearly hit boy, 14

A 14-year-old schoolboy was incredibly lucky to avoid injury after a van driver jumped a red light.
Published 08 February 2019