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New figures have revealed a decline in the number of people killed on Scotland’s roads last year as compared with 2022 – but there has been a rise in the number of fatalities within groups of vulnerable road users. Motorcycling fatalities rose from 25 to 27 and serious injuries from
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New bans on parking on dropped footways, parking on pavements and double parking will be enforced from next week. From Monday 11 December, all local authority areas in Scotland will be able to start enforcing the new prohibitions under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 by issuing penalty charge noti
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The Scottish government has been accused of "fumbling" plans to let members of the public upload videos of traffic incidents to be used by Police Scotland to target enforcement efforts. The proposed National Dashcam Safety Portal (NSDP) would allow the public to report poor road user behaviour, supp
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has proposed a new offence of causing death by dangerous cycling to be included in the forthcoming Transport Bill. Prosecutors in England and Wales currently rely on the Offences Against The Person Act 1861, which deals with horse-drawn carriages. Motorists, however,
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Zoe McDonnell details new driving offences soon to find their way onto the statute book. It is highly likely that certain UK-wide driving laws will be changed in the near future. These changes include:
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