Highways England could allow drivers to travel at increased speed through motorway roadworks depending on the day of the week. It is also exploring if different speed limits could operate within one set of roadworks. Read the full story in Fleet News
M Group Services Plant and Fleet Solutions has achieved a Fleet Safety Gold in the RoSPA Health and Safety Awards. Read the full story in Fleet News
Fleets should increase the frequency of driving licence checks on high risk drivers, says the Association for Driving Licence Verification (ADLV). It is recommending monthly checks should be carried out on drivers with more than nine points as a matter of best-practice. Read the full story in Fleet News
High-tech safety features, which the European Commission (EC) wants to see fitted as standard on cars and vans, could add hundreds of pounds to list prices. However, road safety experts say it is a price worth paying to reduce the number of people killed and serious injured. Read the full story in Fleet News
Repairing broken metal is just one aspect of accident management; the key element is the impact on the staff and their subsequent wellbeing. Read the full story in Fleet World
IAM RoadSmart has developed a suite of products for safer driving, aimed at time-poor drivers. Developed for private drivers but also open to fleets, the solutions cover an app, e-learning modules and bite-sized one-subject driving sessions. Read the full story in Fleet World
Lightfoot has launched a new fleet-focused rewards package to expand the benefits of its scheme further. Read the full story in Fleet World
The number of pothole insurance claims for the first four months of 2018 already equals those placed for the entirety of last year, with an average repair bill of £1,000, data from the AA reveals. Read the full story in Fleet News
A total of 1.4 million motorists – equivalent to 3% – are driving around on illegal tyres, according to new research. Read the full story in Fleet World
Claims that self-driving cars could avoid 90% of road deaths by eliminating human error are untested, says a new report by the International Transport Forum. Read the full story in Fleet News
