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The Association of British Drivers
| Founded: | 1992 |
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| Company Overview: | The Association of British Drivers is Britain's foremost campaigning group for drivers. |
| Mission: | The objective of the ABD is to provide an active, responsible voice to lobby on behalf of Britain's beleaguered drivers upon many issues, especially those where official policy in recent years has been to discriminate against drivers by means of mis-information, obstruction, restriction, delay, or taxation. |
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September 6
Campaigning - 1 new photo
Sep 6th at 4:54pm
August 27
The Association of British Drivers added the Posted Items application.
Aug 27th at 12:00pmAugust 17
Campaigning - 1 new photo
Aug 17th at 2:54pm
The Association of British Drivers wrote a note.
Aug 17th at 1:28amTaxation of Wheels from Cradle to Grave
From the day you are born to when you finally shed this mortal coil, if you need to rely on motorised transport the taxman is after you.
From the day you are born to when you finally shed this mortal coil, if you need to rely on motorised transport the taxman is after you.
August 15
The Association of British Drivers added the Avon and Somerset Police Traffic News application.
Aug 15th at 2:41pm
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Vehicle Excise Duty (also known as Vindictive Extortion Demand) is a tax on ownership of a car.
Warwickshire County Council is pushing ahead with plans to reduce speed limits on almost every rural A and B road in the county, despite strong opposition from the police and members of the public.
The recently published report on ISA (Intelligent Speed Adaptation) is condemned by the Association of British Drivers for making exaggerated and unsupportable claims for potential accident reductions if speed limiters were fitted to all vehicles.
Report admits that many traffic lights and other road schemes have reduced road and junction capacity.
Since the budget owners of post 2001 cars and the motor trade have been thrown into confusion over VED.
Retrospective Road Tax changes have `an element of revenue raising` which exceeds £2billion.
A serious challenge to the legality of most speeding convictions since the early 1990s is gaining momentum.
September 29
... Bruce Young quoted on a survey about how much drivers observe the government`s car seat belt laws relating to children.
September 10
... Peter Spinney quoted on dangers posed by a new roundabout in Glasgow.
... ABD spokesman quoted on £1000 fines for out of date photocard licences.
September 9
... Bruce Young quoted on an unsuccessful attempt by driver Leanne Cochrane to prove that no entry signs in Cowgate, Edinburgh, were illegal.
August 17
... Hugh Bladon quoted on an insane idea by Northumbria Police to allow people to anonymously inform the police of any car they thought was speeding.
... ABD Spokesman quoted on fines from speed cameras increasing by more than 75 per cent in the last decade.
August 14
... Nigel Humphries quoted on speed cameras.
September 28
... Added photos and comments on the A361 North Devon Link Road.
September 17
... New page giving information for British drivers planning to drive in the USA.
September 6
... Added new sign campaigning against the proposed Nottingham Workplace Parking Tax to our Nottinghamshire page.
September 4
... Added link to BBC News story about claims by Professor Sir David King that wind power targets are likely to push half a million people into poverty, and that EU leaders do not understand their own targets.
August 28
... Added quote by Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, and US Vice Presidential candidate.
August 27
... Added links to video and story about unmarked speed camera vans.
... Added story about a speed camera van in New Zealand causing a fatal accident.
Displaying 2 incidents
| Accidents |
| Accident cleared - Accident cleared on A371 Draycott Road Northbound at Labourham Way. - view added: 07/10/2008 06:42:30 |
| Partially blocked due to accident. Approach with care - A39 Bath Road Eastbound partially blocked due to accident at Tower Road. Approach with care. - view added: 07/10/2008 06:14:49 |
Showing the 5 most recent stories by The Association of British Drivers
Recycling Madness
Apparently the Automobile Association have set up a facility whereby you can recycle your AA membership card when you get a new one. This thing…
March of the Zealots
Everything that is wrong with the world today: http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/zealots.htm
M25 To Get Digital Speed Cameras.
The Highways Agency have confirmed to us that speed cameras on gantries over the M25 between junctions 10 and 16 are to be changed to…
Celebrities are unbelievably ignorant about science
Here is a perfect illustration of why you should fall about laughing next time your hear a celebrity preaching about climate change. In the Channel…
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Some say...
"His scrotum has its own small gravity field."
CampaigningUpdated September 6
Camera SignsCreated August 8
2008-09-05
We thoroughly recommend you listen to Stephen Fry's Podgram #5, available thru iTunes. In it he talks about the political correctness surrounding the use of mobile phones in cars.
2008-08-20
The Prime Minister's website has responded to a petition calling on Gordon Brown to make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister by issuing a video. We thought it might be an attempt at humour, but it is so pathetic that it is hard to tell. Don't give up the day job Gordon. On second thoughts....
YouTube --- 'Clarkson for PM' petition response
2008-06-22
Mike Rutherford writes in Auto Express about the sorry state of democracy in Britain today, especially when it comes to allowing drivers to vote on matters that directly affect them.
Britain is, in some respects, about as democratic as Zimbabwe
2008-06-10
Quentin Letts comments in the Daily Mail about the government's latest attempt to extort more money from drivers.
Political class's tentacles reach further, triffid limbs dangling into our pockets
2008-05-28
An excellent article in The Spectator by Bryan Forbes describing what drivers have to put up with in Britain. Post the link on your profile.
Who decided that all motorists were criminals?
2008-04-22
The government have secretly introduced legislation allowing CCTV data about drivers to be sent to other countires.
New anti-terrorism rules 'allow US to spy on British motorists'
2008-03-31
Richard Littlejohn of the Daily Mail comments on the government's plans to reduce the drink drive limit.
"This is a bankrupt government of punishment freaks and tax junkies, who see the law-abiding paying public as a lumpen rabble to be persecuted and bled dry - none more so than the poor bloody motorist. They long ago lost any sense of justice, common sense or proportion."
A pint and a half sir? You're nicked
2008-01-24
The government has refused a request by Western Isles MP Angus MacNeil to reduce fuel duty on Scottish Islands, despite having recently voted to allow the French government to do that very thing for rural France.
Stornoway Gazette
2008-01-21
A new petition calls on the prime minister to stop the immoral practice of charging VAT on fuel tax, something which accounts for over 8p per litre on the price of fuel:
No VAT on Fuel Duty
2008-01-13
Former government chief scientific adviser Sir David King has spoken out on the mentaility of greens:
"There is a suspicion, and I have that suspicion myself, that a large number of people who label themselves 'green' are actually keen to take us back to the 18th or even the 17th century. "Their argument is 'Let's get away from all the technological gizmos and developments of the 20th century', and I think that is utter hopelessness."
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