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Brembo Italian brake manufacturing operations reopen

International News, Product News
Brembo has reopened its Italy brake manufacturing operationsBrembo

Effective Tuesday 28 April 2020, Brembo has reopened its Curno, Mapello and Sellero (Italy) Italian brake manufacturing operations, product at which was temporarily suspended on 16 March 2020 due to the emergency Covid-19 situation.

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  1. Italian auto suppliers ‘at risk’ if supply chain remains closed – Brembo chairman
  2. Ferrari and Lamborghini back in production
  3. Brembo North America Acquires Hayes Lemmerz Division
  4. Brembo Expands in US
30th April 2020/by Chris

Wheely-Safe agrees road safety pledge with Brake

Company News, UK News

Wheely-Safe has announced a new initiative with industry charity, Brake. It pledges to make a cash donation for every van, bus, coach or truck displaying a ‘Wheely-Safe fitted’ vinyl graphic, highlighting its protection using the firm’s latest generation tyre and wheel safety technology. Wheely-Safe will gift £5 for every light commercial vehicle (LCV) and £10 for every heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or public service vehicle (PSV) carrying the sticker, which it will supply with all new systems.

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  1. Brake: paying the price for road safety inaction
  2. Key appointments for Wheely Safe
  3. Survey shows nearly 40 per cent of LCVs have dangerously inflated tyres
  4. Michelin Wheel Safe recognised for its contribution to improving fleet safety
15th April 2020/by Andrew

Michelin Wheel Safe recognised for its contribution to improving fleet safety

Company News, UK News

Global Michelin licensee Wheely-Safe has secured a second national award for its pioneering Michelin Wheel Safe technology after winning the Fleet Safety Product (in-vehicle) category at the Brake Fleet Safety Awards 2019.

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  1. Michelin wins five-year trentbarton contract
  2. Wheely-Safe agrees road safety pledge with Brake
  3. Wheely-Safe wins National Technology Award
  4. Wheely-Safe introduces wheel & tyre solution for heavy fleets
30th September 2019/by Andrew

Brake partners with Continental on the road to Vision Zero

UK News

Road safety charity Brake is supporting tyre manufacturer Continental’s aim of making road crashes a thing of the past by partnering with the Vision Zero initiative. Continental will work with Brake over the coming months to engage road users at live experiential events.

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  1. ‘Braking Bad’ study addresses road safety concerns
  2. Vision Zero: Continental working with IAM RoadSmart
  3. Continental urges motorists to ‘follow RUDOLPH’ at Christmas
  4. Rise in speeding fines takes effect
6th July 2018/by Stephen

Drivers ‘putting lives at risk by missing eye tests’

UK News

Road Safety Week – the UK’s biggest road safety event, coordinated annually by Brake, the road safety charity – runs to 26 November and aims to inspire schools, organisations and communities to take action on road safety. While there are many issues that affect road safety, poor eyesight is often overlooked.

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Related news:

  1. Lack of confidence in garage professionals to blame for motorists driving defective cars says IMI
  2. IAM ‘disappointed’ in increase in road fatalities in Scotland
  3. WheelRight urges drivers to check tyres this Road Safety Week
  4. Rise in speeding fines takes effect
22nd November 2017/by Tyrepress Editors

Rise in speeding fines takes effect

Legislation, UK News

Speeding fines for the most serious cases in England and Wales rose by up to 50 per cent with effect from Monday 24 April after new sentencing guidelines took effect. The previous limit for a speeding fine was 100 per cent of the driver’s weekly wage, up to £1,000 or £2,500 if they were caught on a motorway.

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  1. Reduction in road casualties “disappointingly slow” says Brake
  2. Brake ‘disappointed’ with planned HGV speed limit increase
  3. Brake welcomes crackdown on killer drivers
  4. Brake: paying the price for road safety inaction
2nd May 2017/by Andrew

WheelRight urges drivers to check tyres this Road Safety Week

UK News

WheelRight is urging motorists to remember the importance of tyre safety during Road Safety Week (21-27 November). Originally devised by highways charity Brake, Road Safety Week brings together local authorities, schools and motorists to highlight the importance of safe driving.

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  1. Calculus Capital invests £2.5 million in WheelRight
  2. WheelRight joins LowCVP
  3. Does WheelRight offer national forecourt roll-out potential?
  4. WheelRight in top five ranking of UK’s first IP league table
23rd November 2016/by Tyrepress Editors

Patience is a road safety virtue, Venson research reveals

UK News

Research from fleet management specialist Venson supports Brake Road Safety Week by asking drivers what one thing they would do to make roads safer. Venson is helping to highlight Brake Road Safety Week (23-29 November 2015) with its latest research aimed at understanding drivers’ approach to road safety. When asked what one thing they would do to help with road safety while driving, the top answer from respondents was ‘be more patient’ (24 per cent), with ‘giving themselves more time for journeys’ coming second (20 per cent).

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  1. Lack of confidence in garage professionals to blame for motorists driving defective cars says IMI
  2. Survey highlights overtaking risk on rural roads
  3. MOT extension confusion, vehicle neglect ‘could cause chaos’ – Venson
  4. Motorists want stricter penalties for dangerous drivers
24th November 2015/by Andrew

Brake: paying the price for road safety inaction

Legislation, UK News

Brake, the road safety charity, is urging the government to show strong leadership in the face of the first calendar year increase in road casualties in 17 years. The charity believes the reintroduction of ambitious casualty reduction targets, axed in 2010, must be a key first step in an urgently needed fightback against road danger and it points out that people on foot and bike bore the brunt of the rise.

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  1. Road deaths rise for the first time in nearly a decade
  2. RoSPA ‘concerned’ over rise in road deaths
  3. Alcohol experts ‘astonished and frustrated’ at lack of movement in drink-drive law
  4. Paul Goggins MP wins Parliamentarian of the Month award for wheel efforts
25th June 2015/by Andrew

IAM ‘disappointed’ in increase in road fatalities in Scotland

UK News

The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has reacted with disappointment to the big increase in fatalities on Scotland’s roads as announced this morning by Transport Scotland, stating it made the Scottish government’s mid-term review of its Road Safety Plan all the more urgent.

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  1. Nine people caught topping 120mph on Scottish roads
  2. IAM welcomes report – with reservations
  3. IAM launches road safety manifesto
  4. ‘Increase safety efforts’ IAM tells government
18th June 2015/by Andrew

Survey highlights overtaking risk on rural roads

UK News

Brake, the road safety charity, and Direct Line insurance are urging drivers to hang back, slow down and chill out on country roads to avoid tragedies, as a survey reveals the extent of risky, aggressive overtaking.

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  1. Lack of confidence in garage professionals to blame for motorists driving defective cars says IMI
  2. Reduction in road casualties “disappointingly slow” says Brake
  3. Brake welcomes crackdown on killer drivers
  4. Keep your eyes on the road – Goodyear supports Direct Line survey findings
26th May 2015/by Andrew

Brake welcomes crackdown on killer drivers

Legislation, UK News

Brake, the road safety charity, has welcomed figures published on 21 May 2015 by the Ministry of Justice showing more drivers convicted of killing are going to jail for longer. The annual criminal justice statistics for 2014 show three in five drivers (60 per cent) convicted of causing death in England and Wales receive immediate custodial sentences, up from just over half (54 per cent) in 2013. The average sentence length for these drivers is four years, up from three and a half years in 2013.

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  1. Reduction in road casualties “disappointingly slow” says Brake
  2. Survey highlights overtaking risk on rural roads
  3. Conflicting views on higher speed limits for trucks
  4. Brake: paying the price for road safety inaction
26th May 2015/by Andrew

Lack of confidence in garage professionals to blame for motorists driving defective cars says IMI

UK News

Road safety charity, Brake and Direct Line have released data on drivers’ attitudes when it comes to vehicle safety checks and basic maintenance. Almost half of respondents admitted to driving with at least one risky vehicle problem or defect. The IMI, the professional body for the motor industry which is campaigning for the licensing of the retail motor trade, believes fears of being over-charged or given poor service by garages are probably contributing to motorists’ attitudes.

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Related news:

  1. Survey highlights overtaking risk on rural roads
  2. Dangers of driving after dark
  3. Patience is a road safety virtue, Venson research reveals
  4. Keep your eyes on the road – Goodyear supports Direct Line survey findings
26th January 2015/by Andrew

Brake ‘disappointed’ with planned HGV speed limit increase

Legislation, UK News

Brake, the road safety charity, has expressed disappointment at Government plans to raise the speed limit for large lorries on dual carriageway roads to 60mph, despite serious concerns from a number of road safety groups. The move comes on the back of the Government’s decision to increase the speed limit for HGVs on single carriageway […]

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  1. Conflicting views on higher speed limits for trucks
  2. Brake: paying the price for road safety inaction
  3. Government consulting on 10-year-old tyre ban
  4. Lorry driver hours relaxed
4th December 2014/by Tyrepress Editors

Bridgestone, Brake survey shows 1/3 parents witness near misses near schools

UK News

A new survey from Bridgestone and road safety charity, Brake shows that over a third of primary school parents (35 per cent) have witnessed near misses outside the school gates. More than half (55 per cent) of survey respondents said they worried about their child’s safety near roads on the school run.

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Related news:

  1. IAM welcomes report – with reservations
  2. Lack of confidence in garage professionals to blame for motorists driving defective cars says IMI
  3. Jeff Fowkes Wheels launches “Love Your Tyres” campaign
  4. Survey highlights overtaking risk on rural roads
3rd October 2014/1 Comment/by Andrew
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