Less cars on the road in 2009
According to government figures obtained by the Society of Motoring Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) there were 220,000 less cars on the roads of the UK in 2009 compared to 2008.This is the first time...
View ArticleRoad.cc poll - Benny Hill gets thumbs-up to provide soundtrack for hybrid cars
Manufacturers of hybrid cars may argue that their vehicles, often derided by the petrolhead lobby, are no laughing matter, especially in these eco-aware times, but in our latest poll, road.cc users...
View ArticleReality Sucks, says GM... so does being unfit, in debt, stuck in traffic and...
Cyclists in the United States and beyond have hit out at car maker General Motors for an advertisement appearing in college newspapers that touts cars as the way to get around and bicycles as being...
View ArticleDriving instructors given cycle training in Plymouth
Cyclists in Plymouth has offered safety lessons to driving instructors, in the hope that they will pass on the lessons to learner drivers and other instructors.The Plymouth Cycling Campaign contacted...
View ArticleBBC to air helmet cam documentary
The BBC has announced that it will air its one hour special documentary on cyclists and motorists, fueled by helmet cam footage, at 9pm on BBC1 on 5th December.The documentary has come under fire for...
View ArticleThe air is 'too toxic to breathe' in a third of tested areas in Europe -...
The air is too toxic to breathe in a third of tested areas, a new report from the European Environment Agency shows.Dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matters were found - and...
View ArticleMark Cavendish tweets photo of car that 'tried to run him off the road'
Mark Cavendish has been shaken by a run-in with a car that he says tried to run him and fellow cyclist Russell Hampton off the road.Yesterday afternoon he tweeted a picture of the offending vehicle,...
View ArticleBikes are dangerous. How the news looks when you replace the word "car" with...
A man working for a bicycle advocacy group in California has taken news reports of road traffic incidents involving motor vehicles and substituted the word “car” for “bike” and “driver” for...
View ArticleWhich hugely popular small car is more polluting than a fully laden lorry?
One of the most popular small cars in Britain is as polluting as a fully laden lorry, test data has shown.The VW Polo newest diesel edition emits as much as much toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) as an HGV...
View ArticleBrexit and vehicle safety features: transport organisations issue a plea
A wide ranging collection of transport organisations have jointly called on the government to improve new vehicle safety standards in spite of Brexit.There are European Commission plans to enhance...
View ArticleNew car safety testing programme now includes automatic cyclist collision...
Euro NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme), the organisation that rates new cars sold in Europe according to a number of safety criteria, has added cyclist detection technology to the features sought...
View ArticleRoad.cc poll - Benny Hill gets thumbs-up to provide soundtrack for hybrid cars
Manufacturers of hybrid cars may argue that their vehicles, often derided by the petrolhead lobby, are no laughing matter, especially in these eco-aware times, but in our latest poll, road.cc users...
View ArticleReality Sucks, says GM... so does being unfit, in debt, stuck in traffic and...
Cyclists in the United States and beyond have hit out at car maker General Motors for an advertisement appearing in college newspapers that touts cars as the way to get around and bicycles as being...
View ArticleDriving instructors given cycle training in Plymouth
Cyclists in Plymouth has offered safety lessons to driving instructors, in the hope that they will pass on the lessons to learner drivers and other instructors.The Plymouth Cycling Campaign contacted...
View ArticleBBC to air helmet cam documentary
The BBC has announced that it will air its one hour special documentary on cyclists and motorists, fueled by helmet cam footage, at 9pm on BBC1 on 5th December.The documentary has come under fire for...
View ArticleThe air is 'too toxic to breathe' in a third of tested areas in Europe -...
The air is too toxic to breathe in a third of tested areas, a new report from the European Environment Agency shows.Dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide and particulate matters were found - and...
View ArticleMark Cavendish tweets photo of car that 'tried to run him off the road'
Mark Cavendish has been shaken by a run-in with a car that he says tried to run him and fellow cyclist Russell Hampton off the road.Yesterday afternoon he tweeted a picture of the offending vehicle,...
View ArticleBikes are dangerous. How the news looks when you replace the word "car" with...
A man working for a bicycle advocacy group in California has taken news reports of road traffic incidents involving motor vehicles and substituted the word “car” for “bike” and “driver” for...
View ArticleWhich hugely popular small car is more polluting than a fully laden lorry?
One of the most popular small cars in Britain is as polluting as a fully laden lorry, test data has shown.The VW Polo newest diesel edition emits as much as much toxic nitrogen dioxide (NO2) as an HGV...
View ArticleBrexit and vehicle safety features: transport organisations issue a plea
A wide ranging collection of transport organisations have jointly called on the government to improve new vehicle safety standards in spite of Brexit.There are European Commission plans to enhance...
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