Responding to the Department for Transport’s Roads Policing report, IAM RoadSmart has suggested that clearer guidelines are needed on the use of police technology to encourage use of mobile safety cameras and dash cams in prosecuting motorists using handheld mobile phones and not wearing seatbelts
More informationBased on previous Government estimates that 80 lives a year could be saved by scrapping the October clock change, the UK could reduce the number of people killed on our roads by four and a half per cent and save the economy £160m. The charity believes that moving to a permanent daylight-saving system would significantly improve road safety.
More informationPC John Williams, who is a long-serving member of the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart and a serving officer with the Greater Manchester Police Serious Collision Investigation Unit, has received a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to policing and charity.
More informationA recent study has highlighted that motorcyclists who have taken the IAM RoadSmart Advanced Rider course have safer attitudes on the roads and are involved in fewer collisions per mile than riders who have not completed advanced rider coaching.
More informationWe have renewed the call for speeding to become as socially unacceptable as drink and drug driving, after publishing a worrying new analysis that indicates excessive speed is considered acceptable on the motorway and on residential roads by many drivers.
More informationWith local lockdowns becoming increasingly common and the ever-present risk of a further national lockdown over the coming months, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity is concerned that increased anxiety, stress levels and diminished confidence levels in day-to-day driving could be triggered by a second prolonged period off the road, which could have road safety implications.
More informationThe UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is urging the UK Government to actively encourage driver training to be provided to young workers through its Apprenticeship Levy
More informationGovernment and vehicle manufacturers should enforce greater education and familiarisation of new in-car technology before drivers leave the forecourts or take delivery of their new vehicle, claims IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road-safety charity.
More informationThe UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has partnered with the National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD), helping to remove potential barriers to becoming a safer rider.
More informationWith COVID-19 lockdown restrictions easing the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has conducted the first Mature Driver Review since lockdown began. Heather King, from Leek Wootton, Warwickshire, was reviewed by Advanced Driver, Clive McNaney, this week.
More informationWith Advanced Driver tests underway again this week for the first time since March, the first to qualify after the COVID-19 lockdown is Stuart Reed from Stevenage, Hertfordshire.
More informationAs Advanced Driver tests got underway again this week for the first time since March, Tony Stopforth from Crosby, Liverpool is the first person to re-qualify as a Fellow driver member after the COVID-19 lockdown.
More informationThe Coalition of Motorcycling Organisations has issued a revised version of its COVID-19 Riding Guidelines. This third iteration of the guidance based on the latest changes to Government guidelines includes advice on group riding and first responder incident management.
More informationThe UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is calling for the Government to show real leadership to drive down death and injury on UK roads after yet another year of no real improvement according to figures released by the Department for Transport earlier today.
More informationTwo trustees for the UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, have stepped up to become new vice chairs.
More informationIAM RoadSmart Advanced Driver coaching gets back on the road again in England from today, Monday 20 July, after a four-month suspension due to coronavirus restrictions on travel and social distancing.
More informationWith travel restrictions being gradually eased as the country emerges from COVID-19, IAM RoadSmart has published its latest fleet safety guide to help businesses get their employees back on the roads as safely as possible.
More informationThe UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, strongly welcomes the Government’s call for a review into the policing of UK roads to provide evidence to explain why the number of road casualties has plateaued since 2010.
More informationAs part of its ongoing mission to reduce the number of people killed and injured on our roads, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has made two important new appointments.
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