Brake News

Campaigning MEPs back lifesaving vehicle standards In the news this week was the story that the EU is mandating speed limiting technology (known as ISA) on all new vehicles from 2022. This is part of a historic package of measures on vehicle safety standards, with estimates suggesting these will prevent 25,000 deaths and 140,000 serious injuries on roads across the EU in the 15 years after coming into force. The EU provisionally agreed the deal this week and it is expected that UK government will adopt these measures, regardless of Brexit. Our recent report with Direct Line found that nine in 10 UK drivers wanted car safety standards, post-Brexit, to remain as high as those across the EU, strongly supporting this argument. Learn more: Visit our website here and read the Brake Direct Line report here. Public Health England recommendations to tackle air pollution Public Health England has made several key recommendations to tackle air pollution in the UK. The recommendations include redesigning cities so people aren't so close to highly polluting roads by, for example, designing wider streets or using hedges to screen against pollutants; and investing more in clean public transport as well as footpaths and cycle paths. People should be free to move in a safe and healthy way every day and on every journey and this includes ensuring the air they breathe isn’t polluted. Find out more: Read our full press release welcoming these recommendations here.