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  • Banning tyres aged 10 years and older

    On a proposed ban on tyres aged 10 years and older from heavy goods vehicles, heavy trailers, buses, coaches and minibuses.

    • From: Department for Transport and 1 others
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  • Roads policing review: future methods to improve safety and reduce casualties

    Review of roads policing in order to identify which current methods work best plus how the capability and capacity of enforcement services can be enhanced.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Road safety statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety

    Road safety statement and two-year action plan, addressing road safety issues throughout the lifetime of roads users.

    • From: Department for Transport and 3 others
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  • Trailer safety report

    Statutory report into trailer safety.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • New cycling offences: causing death or serious injury when cycling

    Seeks views on proposed new offences of causing death or serious injury while cycling and changes to the existing offences of dangerous and careless cycling.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • New ways to report road accidents to the police

    Proposal to allow additional ways to report road traffic accidents to the police.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Roadworthiness testing for vehicles of historical interest

    Seeking your views on an exemption from testing for vehicles older than 40 years and associated changes.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Testing if vehicles are roadworthy

    Proposal to make legislative changes to how vehicles are tested for roadworthiness, and to introduce testing for fast tractors.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Increasing the agricultural trailers and combinations weight limit

    Proposal to increase the maximum weight permitted for agricultural trailers and combinations in Great Britain.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Hand-held mobile phones: changes to penalties for use whilst driving

    Seeks views on proposals to increase penalty points and fixed penalty notice (FPN) levels for using a hand-held mobile phone whilst driving.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Traffic Commissioners triennial review 2015: implementation plan

    A response to industry recommendations in the triennial review of the Traffic Commissioner system.

    • From: Department for Transport and 1 others
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  • M4 Junctions 3 to 12 Smart Motorway

    Consultation on proposal to introduce variable mandatory speed limits (VMSL) on the M4 between junction 3 and 12. We are keen to have your comments on the implementation of variable mandatory speed limits for the M4 smart m…

    • From: Closed organisation: Highways Agency
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Drink driving: monitoring data

    Seeks views on options to improve the processes used to make provisional annual estimates of drink drive casualties.

    • From: Department for Transport
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Fines regarding drivers’ hours and the heavy goods vehicles levy

    Revising legislation to allow roadside officers to fine drivers who ignore rules on drivers’ hours and the heavy goods vehicles levy up to 28 days after the offence.

    • From: Department for Transport
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  • Tyre labelling enforcement regulations

    Seeking views on regulations to introduce enforcement powers and penalties to meet European Community tyre labelling requirements.

    • From: Department for Transport
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Drug driving: amphetamine limit

    We are seeking views on a proposed limit for amphetamine use when driving, to be specified in drug driving regulations.

    • From: Department for Transport
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Proposed regulations for drug driving

    Consultation on the government’s proposed regulations to make it an offence to drive with drugs in the bloodstream over a specific limit.

    • From: Department for Transport
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Enforcement procedures against drink drivers and other offenders

    Seeking views about changes to various drink driving procedures.

    • From: Department for Transport
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Changes to the treatment of careless driving and fixed motoring penalties

    A consultation on changes to the treatment of penalties for careless driving and other motoring offences.

    • From: Department for Transport
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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Approving drink-drive rehabilitation courses

    This consultation is about updating how drink-drive rehabilitation scheme courses are provided so more people take training.

    • From: Closed organisation: Driving Standards Agency
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