Rented driveway parking offers lifeline to hard hit commuters
Progress on making speeding socially unacceptable may be
hampered by confusion on 20mph limits says IAM RoadSmart Making speeding as unacceptable as drink driving still seems a long way off given the results of today’s speed compliance statistics from the Department of Transport (1). While 96% of drivers rate drink driving unacceptable (2), 81% of cars are exceeding 20mph speed limits on a regular basis. It’s slightly better news overall with speeds coming down since 2011
Neil Greig adds ”The across most roads, so
more drivers are clearly getting the message that slowing down saves lives, helps the environment and doesn’t add much to your overall journey time.
Exceeding
• Parking on a rented driveway makes ‘business’ sense • Driveway owners make extra cash which helps pay the monthly bills
• Car owners get satisfaction from knowing they are helping a local family
Company car drivers and commuters facing parking clampdowns from local authorities are being urged to rent a driveway near their place of work to avoid costly parking tickets. Te advice comes from online parking marketplace
YourParkingSpace.co.uk following recent news revealing the number of parking offences committed by company car drivers increased by more than a third in 2016, thought to be largely following a crackdown by local government. One car driver who has found that parking on a rented driveway is ideal for him is Paul Torpe who works for a marketing agency in south-west London. Paul said: “I’ve had a few parking tickets in the past through being late back to my car. Work-wise the concern is always being able to find something affordable – and obtaining parking that’s a realistic walkable distance from work! “All my close colleagues now know about the option of parking in a local’s driveway. It was easy to book and there’s the added peace of mind that comes with a company overseeing the money side of things. It’s also nice to know that my money is going towards helping out a family.” Meanwhile, driveway owner Steven Kavanagh, heard about the idea from a friend and now rents out his driveway in north Manchester just 6 to 8 minutes walk from Manchester Victoria station. “It’s good to know that you’re helping a local driver but really the money is the reason why. It’s useful to have some extra cash to go towards paying the bills” said Steven, who makes £70 per month through
YourParkingSpace.co.uk Harrison Woods, managing director at YourParkingSpace.
co.uk, said “Te daily drive to work is a battleground for many motorists, oſten leaving them exhausted before the working day has even started. “Finding a nearby parking place and avoiding penalty fines are just two of these hurdles, yet the parking solution of renting a driveway could be on the doorstep of their workplace without them even knowing. “Te same is also true for business meetings in crowded city centres where the cost of traditional parking on the day can be staggering yet easily avoided by booking ahead through
YourParkingSpace.co.uk.” For more information visit
YourParkingSpace.co.uk.
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the speed limit was a factor in 15% of all fatal crashes in 2016 which was slightly down from the 2015 figure of 16.5%. But, with around half of all car and van drivers still willing to ignore limits on motorways and 30mph roads,
more work is clearly needed to change behaviour on our roads. Neil Greig director of policy and research said,” It’s really good news for road safety that the roads with the highest speed compliance are actually our most dangerous - 60mph rural single carriageways. Recent government, police and road safety charity campaigns have highlighted this issue and it does appear that the message is getting through.
and other main
problem is clearly getting drivers to comply on the ever increasing number of roads in our towns and cities with a 20mph limit. IAM RoadSmart have always felt that blanket 20mph limits, enforced by signposts only, are simply not enough to convey the reason for slowing down to drivers. Targeting the worst locations with traffic calming
engineering
features is a much more effective way to make 20mph limits self- enforcing. Speed limits on roads with consistent
compliance
problems need to be reviewed more frequently. “We must all work to make it easy to stick to the speed limit and our main concern is that widespread confusion over 20mph may be undermining a more general trend to slow down.”
Local hero Osian Pryce leads British Rally
Championship as title race speeds into Wales The Prestone MSA British Rally Championship races into the second half of the season with Wales the next stop on the action-packed calendar. The Nicky Grist Stages will play host to round five of Britain’s premier rallying series, this weekend. The Builth Wells-based event will welcome the fastest rallying crews in the country to some of the finest stages in British rallying. The action commences with a Ceremonial Start in Builth Wells town centre on Saturday morning before a day- long battle on eight gravel tests previously used on Wales Rally GB. An overnight
service halt at
the Royal Welsh Showground will then see teams’ engineers and mechanics have just two and a half hours to transform their state-of-the-art rallying machines from gravel spitting monsters to Tarmac-hugging race cars for the second day of action.
Having had their cars switched from gravel to asphalt specifications, crews will then speed over the Epynt Military Ranges. The famous ribbon of Tarmac will favour the brave as the rally could be won or lost
on the legendary stages. After 117 grueling miles across the two days, the victors will spray the champagne back at Groe Park with the picturesque 18th- century bridge running over the River Wye providing the Ceremonial Finish backdrop on Sunday afternoon.
A strong crowd is expected across the weekend with highlights from the rally being broadcast around the world via Channel 4, BT Sport and Motorsport TV network shortly afterwards.
Local heroes – Welsh drivers hoping to impress on home soil. Osian Pryce comes to his home event, the Nicky Grist Stages, as the overall championship leader. Pryce, who is dovetailing his BRC campaign with World Championship outings, sits pretty at the top of the
championship table. The man from Machynlleth took his fourth consecutive
podium
and will be gunning for the top spot in front of his home fans. Continuing the local theme, Pryce’s team Spencer Sport from Ceredigion would love its man to better the outfit’s second place on last year’s event.
Matt Edwards from Colwyn Bay wrapped up the BRC2 category on the event in 2016 in his Mitsubishi Evo9. A year on, Edwards returns to his home round with a top-flight four-wheel-drive Ford Fiesta R5 and will be eager to move up the championship order from his current position of fifth and stand on the podium once again. For more information on the Nicky Grist Stages visit www.
nickygriststages.co.uk
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