Safety in road transport expenditure 'money Government.'

Maintenance of road safety issues given the far-reaching budget cuts will end save the Government money, according to the Institute of advance motorists (IAM).

The claim follows warnings from other Motorsport groups during Tuesday's 'not' budget certainly charities and transport lobby groups have highlighted its concerns where the cuts in the transport expenditure will fall.

According to the IAM proves "his research the value of setting objectives damage accident reduction and consistent financing".It claims that were first introduced in the 20 years since objectives, 31,000 lives only stored resulting in a financial saving £ 50 billion.

Supports their figures on the Government own estimate each road death 1.68 million pounds costs society says IAM that .these arise from a reduced impact on NHS resources, the group says continued investment in road safety measures "significant prices back into the economy will produce", in addition to cost savings associated with less long-term injuries, less lost working days and lower levels of congestion due to accidents.

The call is the Department for transport figures released today show that the number of people in road accidents killed from 2,538 in 2008, 2,222 last year fiel.Die IAM cautioned, however, that the downward trend should not be affected by spending cuts will be scheduled for the next four years by 25%.

IAM Director who said policy and research Neil Greig: "the effects of the accident reduction targets was enormous."

"If we with our current rate of investment, could annual deaths in the United Kingdom far below 2,000 to 2020 - a further saving of £ 4 billion and 2,500 life over the next decade float."

"Punitive cuts of the road security budgets are they huge financial and social gains compromise."

"Our message is simple: money expenditure on road safety."

Response to Tuesday's budget, road safety charity brake said had, it was "outraged that road safety was so brutally targeted has", cuts on show, in councils Street provides security.

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Speed limitation devices are tested on public transport

A device that responds to changing speed limits on roads and prevents vehicles above you is to searches on London streets.

Transport for London (TfL) is the intelligent speed adaptation (ISA) system, experiment to know a digital card uses the vehicle of the local speed limit anywhere within the M25.

The car is prevented in the technology most restrictive mode, acceleration, when the speed is reached. The delimiter can be disabled so that it advises the driver from the speed and an override switch is to completely disable the system.

The study, which starts later in the summer, see a London bus and a taxi that technology in addition to 20 vehicles from TfL workers driven equipped.It will monitor driver behavior and journey times and evaluate the effect that sticking to the speed limit on vehicle emissions.

TfL hopes it result in fewer accidents - it is a 10% discount in case of accidents, estimates you also driver if two-thirds of the driver using the ISA system - acceleration to avoid sanctions.

Chris lines, head of transport for London's road safety unit, told BBC Radio 4's today programme that while there are a wealth of information in modern cars, not yet addressed the issue of information of the driver speed limit wurde.Und he said that London's streets mapping would "guarantee the accuracy of the system".

However, motoring journalist Quentin Wilson the program said that the drivers take dangerous ability to adjust your speed could be.

"I think, everything takes an item of driver control must be checked very carefully," he added.

"We have seen where people will leave themselves on sat navs too much - you set off cliffs."

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Transport group slams 'wilfully misleading' Government

Councils across the country are misled, by the Government on the road-building financing, the campaign for better transport (CBT) has claimed.

The group which has improved public transport for their pesticide advertising out hit after regions seven from Britain Government receive support for your transport priorities for the next five years.

The regional proposals in detail is a series of transport improvements for roads and public transport.However, the CBT is building - ?4 billion figure from a total transport significantly from the amount of money towards road account ?5. 5 billion for the five-year period could go.

For each of the plans submitted that said Department for transport, unless "contents with the region priorities", although this does not mean that arrangements have green light given Government worden.Die says it will consider the impact of each one of you on greenhouse gas emissions before issuing a full.

Transport Minister Sadiq Khan said he was confident that each region would help suggestions "efficient, reliable and sustainable transport fit for the 21st century" to develop.

CBT streets and Climate Campaigner Richard George accused the Government of "intentionally misleading" Councils of promising money it knows is to pay which he believes for systems not available, are in conflict with the newly announced CO2 transport strategy.

"Even if we could afford you, I can't see why we would want to" he said.

"Many of these systems are a terrible waste of money and not to time or budget delivered."

"Promised, ?4 spend billions in road construction shows that only after the announcement of a carbon strategy that this Government still its climate change commitments seriously."

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Transport Group predicts gloves off budget

The Chancellor, new transport taxes and charges in tomorrow 'not' known budget is likely to give, predicts a leading transport charity.

And the campaign for better transport adds that, while George Osborne promised cuts to focus on its first budget, the "irresistible" will turn out potential revenue from new taxes and fees.

The Group's forecast comes in a pre budget briefing, in which it holds the changes that have already been announced by the coalition Government, and other policies which it believes that the Registrar could reveal morning.

Transport, better explained that projects in the transport sector worth billion pounds together under one 34 billion £ expenditure review carried out by the Government.It underlines reductions of 309 million £ cut transportation systems and £ 100 million sliced too local authority network rail's budget made but continues to argue that some areas of the issues - mostly public transport systems - transport are harder than others cut.

He cited examples the expenses of which most in franchise agreements with several years to run links and financing of public transport in London - bound are rail to which cuts "Hinder delivery" of the Olympic Games.

Indicating that cuts are falling but rather outside the capital, outlines the group possible areas in which the Chancellor might look, income to increase it considers it likely that Mr Osborne planned will continue increase in fuel duty by the previous Government in October 2009 and January 2010 1 p per litre but not on part privatisation of roads - a policy by groups including the RAC Foundation discussion start is expected.

"We expect that this budget will come where from the gloves", said executive director Stephen Joseph better transport.

Call for spending cuts made are "in ways that help stimulate the economy, increase social equity and reduce carbon dioxide emissions", he added: "sensible, intelligent reductions as cancel unnecessary and costly road project could help appropriate financing of more environmentally friendly transport options such as bus and train services, and ensures the streets we are correctly maintained."

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