Media Releases

New guidelines for renting vehicles to tourists will do little to reduce the number of accidents involving foreign drivers, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says the guidelines – which are voluntary – won’t stop dangerous drivers renting cars.

Ticketing ordinary motorists will have no effect on the groups who cause most road deaths, says the car review website dogandlemon.com. (See attached AA report)

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says the police anti-speeding strategy is based on the discredited theory that if you ticket mums and dads who drift over the speed limit, then criminals will stop driving recklessly.

“The facts are these: only about 20% of fatalities occur above the legal speed limit."

The government’s strategy for dealing with tourist accidents has been a dismal failure, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.
Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says:

“Hardly a week goes by without a serious accident involving foreign nationals using our roads, yet the government’s response has been largely restricted to giving out brochures and stickers telling foreigners to drive safely.”

Extreme police anti-speeding campaigns alienate drivers and damage public confidence in the police, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an active road safety campaigner, says many drivers now believe that anti-speeding campaigns are simply a form of revenue-gathering.

“Most motorists totally support the police when the police target reckless driving, that is, driving in a way that is too fast for the conditions and which places innocent people at immediate risk.”