Record-breaking mileage for RoadPeace Challenge week of action
RoadPeace, the national charity for road crash victims, is thrilled to announce the outstanding success of the RoadPeace Challenge 2024, which took place across the UK from May 13-19. Supporters logged a staggering 16,958 miles in just seven days – far surpassing the original target of 1,766 miles, set in honour of the 1,766 people killed in road […]
The UK’s head of roads policing talks enforcement technology, sentencing and different licences for new drivers on this week’s Highways Voices
“If I speak locally, in Sussex, we have a high number of cars, of sports cars, and bikers who come to visit the coast in the weekends, for example, and there’s little doubt that the communities through which they drive really do support average speed cameras and other safety cameras to assist them to reduce […]
Police chief to chair National Highways road safety panel
The National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for Roads Policing is to take up a role leading National Highways’ approach to road safety. Sussex Police Chief Constable Jo Shiner will chair the organisation’s new road safety panel, according to a report in Police Professional magazine. It says the panel will help to drive road safety improvements […]
Hundreds of drivers flagged for mobile phone and seatbelt offences in Sussex
Police in Sussex have announced they have used Acusensus artificial intelligence technology to test motorists for mobile phone and seatbelt offences. More than 10,000 vehicles were screened in Sussex with a Sensor Test Vehicle which analyses if offences are being committed. It is fitted with a specialist camera system from to filter out possible offences, […]
