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Changes to Highway Code (February 21, 2006)
One of the UK’s biggest selling non-fiction books is to be revised. The Driving Standards Agency, an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport, is today launching a public consultation on proposed changes to The Highway Code.
Consultation on the changes will take place between February and May 2006, with a view to publishing the revised Code during spring 2007.
Included in the changes are proposals to:
provide road safety advice for users of powered wheelchairs and mobility scooters (legally classified as invalid carriages)
provide a section giving advice to newly qualified drivers
Road Safety Minister Dr Stephen Ladyman said: “I welcome the revision of The Highway Code as it updates road safety advice for modern driving and riding conditions. The Code sells an average of one million copies a year, making it one of the biggest non-fiction best sellers in the UK and it is essential reading for everyone who uses the roads.
“When the Code was launched in 1931 there were just 2.3 million vehicles on the roads and today there are over 30 million. The consultation will take into account the views of a wide range of stakeholders and others with an interest in road safety.”
A wide range of road safety experts and groups representing road users is being consulted. A copy of the consultation document can be found at www.dsa.gov.uk/highwaycode and anyone wishing to make comments and suggestions can do so via this website or in writing to The Publications Department, DSA, The Training Centre, Harrowden Lane, Cardington, Bedford MK44 3ST. Click here to return to the News page
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