Road Safety Wales : Newsletter

The Road Safety Low Down is published quarterly and covers recent activity in the world of road safety.

Latest Issue

Issue 8 - April 2008 - PDF format 295kb

• North Wales Local Authorities' Rider Scheme Launch 2008 • Advanced Motorway
Signalling and Traffic Management Feasibility Study • Vale's School Crossing Patrol of the Year Awards • Police Tackle Boy Racers • Safety Helmet and Assessment Rating Programme (SHARP) • SCP Video System Launched • Minibus Safety • Driver Fatigue Sets In At Just 80 Minutes • First Anniversary of Tougher Mobile Phone Penalties • New Advice on Driver Distraction • Pedestrian Safety in Europe • Daytime Car Lights To Be Mandatory • Free “Cyclists and Lorries” Film

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Back Issues
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Issue 7 - January 2008 - PDF format 473kb

•New look for Swansea JRSOs •Gwent Music Challenge •Poster Competition •Road Safety Fundraisers •Multi Purpose Test Centre Opens •Cycle Instructors Meet the Standard •Welsh Award Winners •Driving for Work •Traffic Levels Rise •MoT Extension Plan •Beyond 2010 •Mobile Use Down 40% •Cycle Routes Win £50m Public Vote

 

Issue 6- October 2007 - PDF format 269kb

•RSW Conference •New Look for Pass Plus Cymru •New mobile exhibition

•Revised Highway Code •Mini Bikes •Protection for Motorcyclists •Road Safety Expo ’07 •Technology Identifies Drink Drivers •Uninsured Drivers •Revolutionary child car seat •Sat Nav advice •Faces Behind the Figures

 

Issue 5 - July 2007 - PDF format 309kb

·Pass Plus Cymru ·Road Safety Wales website ·Safe Routes in Communities
·Swansea scoops award ·Joint working in Road Safety ·White Van Man Campaign
·Stopping distances simulator ·Rules change on airbags
·Volunteer drivers’ handbook ·Tackling rogue hauliers ·PACTS 25th Anniversary
·Volvo City Safety ·Operation Excess Speed

 

Issue 4 – April 2007 - PDF format 278kb

·Preventing 372 collisions per year ·New AIRSO Chair
·Mobile phone enforcement ·Cyclists make a comeback ·DSA consultation results
·Fitness to drive ·Ladyman unveils driver testing and training revamp ·ROADTest
·New road safety body ·CRB checks ·Child road safety strategy
·Death by dangerous driving ·TyreSafe ·UN Global Road Safety Week

 

Issue 3 – January 2007 - PDF format 288kb

· Gwent music challenge · Poster competition · Black box to cut car insurance
· ESC · Foreign lorries threat · BHS diamond jubilee · CTC membership
· Motorcycle enforcement strategy · Vehicle safety recalls · Driving for work

· Road safety stories · New panEuropean driving licence

· Young Drivers: The Road to Safety

Issue 2 – October 2006 - PDF format 300kb

· Drink driving · Welsh transport plan · RSW seminar · Minimotos
· Road casualties GB · Under reporting of road accidents · MORR
· The merits of white lines · Avoiding whiplash · New Bill to target yobs · ANPR

· EU Performance Index · Digital tachographs · World day of remembrance

Issue 1 – July 2006 - PDF format 300kb

· Pass Plus Cymru · BikeSafe Cymru · Belt up blitz · Caught on the phone
· Motoring offences hit record levels · Older drivers · Drug driving · CPC
· New legislation for child restraints · Speed statistics · EU road deaths
· Global road traffic injuries

 

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