Category: Safety

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25% OF MOTORISTS ADMIT TO DRIVING WHEN TIRED, DESPITE KNOWING THE RISKS

Exchange and Mart Backs the ‘Brake Pledge’ as Road Safety Week Gears Up www.exchangeandmart.co.uk/distracted-driving In Great Britain alone, there were over 185,010 road traffic injuries and fatalities* (year ending June 2016), yet nearly 139,000 could have been prevented if motorists were less distracted when driving. Whilst loss of concentration through tiredness is well documented to

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MODERN CARS ARE TOO BIG FOR BRITAIN’S AGEING PARKING SPACES

Britain’s car parking spaces are too small to cope with consumers’ love affair with big family SUVs, leading to nearly £1.4bn of car park prangs every year according to data released by accident aftercare specialist, Accident Exchange. Listen to us discuss the topic on WM radio 95.6 later on or catch it on iPlayer. The

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Tracker – don’t be afraid of the dark, just prepared

TRACKER warns car owners to take extra care as the evenings get darker (Nissan Leaf pictured). As the clocks changed, TRACKER, (part of the Tantalum Corporation), is warning motorists to be vigilant when it comes to protecting their vehicles this winter. The latest figures from the leading stolen vehicle recovery (SVR) provider show that instances

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The Future is compromised, Chinese experts hack a Tesla, very easily

So what can be done about this increasingly serious issue? Following this news, Brian Spector, CEO at MIRACL, comments: “These hacks demonstrate the serious problems around identity verification in today’s connected cars. Having very limited encryption, identity management and data protection within such a powerful computer is extremely dangerous and poses a real and serious

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1 in 10 male drivers have lost control of a vehicle whilst travelling with their pet

That would never happen if we had Porter as our passenger pet… Brits are unaware of the correct safety procedures when it comes to travelling with their pets in a vehicle, new survey reveals. Leading vehicle leasing company Leasing Options has surveyed the nation's drivers that are pet owners in order to reveal just how

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