SWARCO aiming to raise £10k for Brake04/06/2024 Traffic technology company SWARCO UK & Ireland has announced that it will support national road safety charity Brake, with a target of raising £10,000. |
8,000 drivers caught using mobiles in one week23/01/2017 Almost 8,000 drivers were caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel during a police crackdown in November. |
Brake calls for investment in road policing28/09/2016 New figures show a drop of almost 40% in the number of people caught using phones behind the wheel, with road safety charity Brake calling for urgent investment in road policing. |
Brake calls for ban on hands-free phones08/06/2016 New research has found driving while talking on a hands-free phone can be just as distracting as talking on a hand-held mobile. |
Survey reveals extent of risky overtaking22/05/2015 A survey carried out by road safety charity Brake and Direct Line Insurance has revealed that risky overtaking forces one in seven drivers to take evasive action. |
Risky tailgating and speeding rife on UK motorways22/05/2014 Six in 10 UK drivers own up to risky tailgating (57%) and a similar proportion break the limit by 10mph or more (60%) on motorways and 70mph dual carriageways, a survey by Brake and Direct Line reveals. |
Overwhelming public support for 20mph limits02/04/2014 A survey carried out by road safety charity Brake shows that eight in 10 people (78%) think 20mph should be the normal speed limit around schools, on residential streets, and in village, town and city centres. |
Brake wants ban on use of hands-free phones18/11/2013 Road safety charity Brake wants the Government to extend the ban on using hand-held mobiles at the wheel to hands-free phones. |
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