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Transport Secretary cracks down on pavement parking

Published 12 March 2020
By Kieran Ahuja
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced there could soon be new restrictions on pavement parking in order to make travel safer for pedestr
Drivers of expensive cars less likely to stop at pedestrian crossings

Drivers of expensive cars don't stop at crossings

An experiment conducted has found that the more expensive your vehicle, the less likely you are to stop for pedestrians.
Published 26 February 2020

Projector tech lights way for autonomous cars

Jaguar Land Rover has shown where it thinks autonomous tech is going, by creating a projector that lets pedestrians know where the car is going.
Published 25 January 2019

Take cycle training for car insurance discount

UK motorists could earn themselves a car insurance discount by taking a cycle awareness course, the Department for Transport (DfT) has said.
Published 25 November 2018
Jaguar’s I-Pace warning siren gets guide dog charity’s seal of approval

Jaguar’s I-Pace warning sound praised by charity

Guide Dogs for the Blind has commended Jaguar for adding a warning siren to the I-Pace that lets road users know the electric car is approaching.
Published 11 October 2018
Cycling equivalent to death by dangerous driving laws could be enacted

'Death by dangerous cycling' law proposed

A change to the law could see cyclists who kill by colliding with pedestrians convicted of "death by dangerous cycling".
Published 15 August 2018
Man killed after car collides with pedestrians in World Cup host city Sochi

Video: Man killed as car hits pedestrians in Sochi

A 63-year-old man was killed and two women were critically injured when a car smashed into pedestrians in the World Cup host city Sochi.
Published 08 July 2018
The next step in pedestrian safety: airbags in clothing

Airbags are the next step in pedestrian safety

You are walking along the street minding your own business when the jacket you are wearing detects an object hurtling towards you — and in a spli
Published 19 January 2018
Video: Police search for jogger who 'knocked' woman into path of bus

Video: Jogger 'knocked' woman into path of bus

The Metropolitan Police have arrested a man after hunt for jogger who appeared to push a woman into the path of a bus.
Published 08 August 2017
Reader Letters: New road tax, diesel riddle, headlight flashing, priorité à droit, Smart cars, red lights, plastic Clarkson and potholes

Reader Letters: New road tax and a diesel riddle

"It is disingenuous of the government to pretend that its revision to vehicle tax has a green element..."
Published 11 April 2017

Men twice as likely to cross on a red light

Male pedestrians are almost twice as likely as women to cross a road when the pedestrian light is red and tend to jockey for pole position...
Published 22 February 2017
Model X delays and ham radios

Reader Letters: Pedestrian safety and ham radios

When a deer ran out in front of my Jaguar XE I applied an emergency stop. There was a loud bang, a cracking noise and the bonnet shot up...
Published 07 November 2016
The Sunday Times Driving Placeholder

Headphones that could prevent road accidents

They are a modern-day curse for cyclists and drivers alike: iPhone zombies who step off the kerb
Published 11 January 2016