RAC Foundation
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The RAC Foundation is a charity which explores the economic, mobility, safety and environmental issues relating to roads and responsible road users.
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http://www.racfoundation.org 17-08-2010 10:46:19
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Rarely do 30+ orgs agree on anything so this shows the depth of feeling on the need for fresh impetus on road safety. Thanks to @pacts for co-ordinating. Point 2 should be easy: govt. promised an RSIB back in 2022. We ran the pilot for it gov.uk/government/spe… Elizabeth Box
Thank you Kim Leadbeater MBE MP for leading on this vital topic & progressing the debate on how we can better support young & novice drivers. Wishing you all the best for your 10 minute bill session this afternoon dr ian greenwood Caitlin's Campaign Crystal Owen Nicole Taylor RAC Foundation
The UK has been granted the rather ignominious title here as 'the kingdom of potholes'. As we've said before, the money going into the upkeep of our roads simply isn't enough Mr Pothole
Nearly 3/4 of drivers told the Edmund King OBE they think a Graduated Driving Licence, limiting passengers, is a good idea. Rishi Sunak and Mark Harper don’t agree. Keir Starmer Louise Haigh won’t comment. thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/art…
The story cited our cost of motoring chart which shows the cost of insurance has soared by 224% over the past decade:
racfoundation.org/data/cost-of-m… Ivo Wengraf (https://weird.autos/@iwengraf) Tim Chatterton
Ageing population blamed for surge in pensioners' car insurance bills. Pleased to help Bláthnaid Corless at the The Telegraph with this story on rising insurance costs: telegraph.co.uk/money/bills/in…
RAC Foundation Crystal Owen This, from a highly respected, sector leader RAC Foundation who pride themselves on robust evidence and research. They are one of many organisations who are supportive of #GDL because of the strong evidence behind it. Surely with gathering momentum, Department for Transport can’t continue
If we worry about #ClimateChange , why do we allow monsters like this on the road that do less than 20 miles a gallon and block the carriageway? POSSIBLE Edmund King OBE RAC Foundation Just Stop Oil
Alec Peachey also speaking at today's conference. Here he reminds us that the target is to have 300,000 public chargepoints in the UK by 2030. Let's hope they're of the right speeds in the right places with the right connectivity Transport + Energy
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.RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding is speaking at the #EV infrastructure summit at KPMG UK this morning.
At least he's got something to say.
Yesterday we published a study on how poor mobile phone coverage can impact public recharging racfoundation.org/wp-content/upl… Ivo Wengraf (https://weird.autos/@iwengraf)
Our work was reliant on the team at Teragence who provided hexagonal, very small area mobile signal coverage data which we overlaid on our sample of 2,000+ chargepoints. Thank you. Ivo Wengraf (https://weird.autos/@iwengraf) Tim Chatterton
Thanks Times Radio for having RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding on this morning to talk to Calum Macdonald about the less than perfect #EV charging experience caused by patchy mobile signal coverage. Listen at 02:56.00
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Ivo Wengraf (https://weird.autos/@iwengraf) #EV s
Article by Tomos Evans on Crystal Owen Crystal Owen's petition calling for progressive (graduated) driver licensing. 20,000+ signatures already
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6552…
Evidence demonstrates an extremely strong case for introducing #GDL
Elizabeth Box
news.sky.com/story/families…
2/3s of the most common #EV chargepoints have limited 4G mobile phone coverage making it potentially hard for drivers to pay for 'fuel'
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FairCharge Quentin Willson RAC Press & Policy team Ivo Wengraf (https://weird.autos/@iwengraf) Transport + Energy REA
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