Industry News
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Stagecoach fined £2.3m in bus crash case
A bus company has paid a high price for failing to act on numerous warnings about one of its drivers who went on to kill two people in a crash Midland Red, part of the Stagecoach Group, must pay £2.3 million for allowing ‘fatigued’ driver Kailash Chander behind the wheel. The firm also has prosecution…
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Switch off mobile phone before you drive
Switch off before you drive off is our message to motorists to avoid a collision and penalty points on your licence as police crack down on mobile phone use Drivers are 4 times more likely to crash using a mobile, while sat-navs, in-vehicle entertainment systems and handsfree phones are also dangers which distract drivers. Police…
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Half a million road deaths
Motorists are being urged to watch out for pedestrians as the 120th anniversary approaches of the first person in the UK to be killed in a road crash Bridget Driscoll, 44, unfortunately made history when she died on August 17, 1896 after being hit by a new petrol-engined car as she crossed Dolphin Terrace in…
