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Category Archives: road safety
MP Meg Munn calls for driver eyesight tests
Sheffield MP Meg Munn has been awarded Brake and Direct Line’s Road Safety Parliamentarian of the month after asking the government to listen to public demand for regular eyesight testing. During National Eye Health Week in June 2011 Meg secured … Continue reading
A foxy accident assistance service
Earlier this year we launched a female friendly accident assistance service for club members but I didn’t expect to be needing it myself. That’s the thing about insurance and support services like FOXY Lady Drivers Club, breakdown recovery and/or accident … Continue reading
Posted in road safety
Tagged accident assistance service, BMW, FOXY Lady Drivers Club, Kent, road accident
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Keep the UK MOT and save lives
On behalf of all women drivers… FOXY Lady Drivers Club is supporting the PRO-MOTE campaign to keep the safer British MOT model in the face of a real EU threat. The UK MOT industry is seriously threatened by a lesser … Continue reading
Posted in road safety
Tagged Aviva, Brake, FOXY Lady Drivers Club, Halfords, Kwik Fit, Pro-mote campaign, The AA, the MOT industry, the RAC, the Retail Motor Industry Federation, UK motor industry, VOSA
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Fewer MOTs will cost UK lives
The EU is attempting to change our proven MOT regime and this WILL cost us lives and motor industry jobs if we let it. I have posted about this subject before but I am now SERIOUSLY concerned that changes to … Continue reading
Posted in road safety
Tagged campaigning, FOXY Lady Drivers Club, MOT, the EU, UK government
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FOXY says NO to 4 year MOTs
Please see FOXY’s letter to our local MP protesting at proposals by HM Government to change our MoT testing regime. Please add your support to our ‘FOXY says NO’ campaign at our FOXY Lady Drivers Club (if a female motorist) … Continue reading
Posted in road safety
Tagged 4-2-2 proposal, Department for Transport, MoT test stations, MOT tests, motoring safety, women drivers
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Sister Michelle gets fundraising award from road safety charity
After a family tragedy killed one sister and seriously injured another, Michelle Luetchford from Ipswich has been awarded road safety charity Brake’s Volunteer of the Year Award 2010 for her fundraising efforts since. In February 2009 Michelle’s sisters, Emma and … Continue reading
Take the twenty (p) tyre test
We all know that worn tyres can cause accidents. Think about the trust we place on a bit of rubber when we floor the accelerator… and then remember when you last looked to see if your tyres are safe. Fortunately … Continue reading
Posted in cost of motoring, road safety
Tagged FOXY Lady Drivers Club, Tyre Safety Month, tyres, TyreSafe
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How many dangerous cars cause accidents?
When it is fit for purpose (not today imho), Road Casualties Online is a new website designed to allow members of the public to perform their own analysis and examination of Reported Road Accident Statistics to reach their own road … Continue reading
Why distracted drivers should stay cool
According to Sheilas Wheels women are calmer, safer and better drivers than men in the summer. Yet another provocative headline designed to wind men up . This because, apparently, men get more distracted and irritable than women in the heat. … Continue reading
Leicester car accident £8000 insurance pay out
A family of four have received almost £8000 compensation after a car accident left them suffering from multiple personal injuries. The family were in their Audi A4 in Leicester when the driver of a Vauxhall Vectra failed to give way … Continue reading
Posted in motoring, road safety
Tagged car accident, compensation, FOXY Lady Drivers Club, Leicester
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