Category Archives: Roads

Mobile phone dangers highlighted campaign

A HARD-hitting campaign has been launched to help tackle the growing problem of drivers using their mobile phone behind the wheel.

The campaign, launched by East Sussex County Council, West Sussex County Council and Brighton & Hove City Council, highlights the serious consequences of using a phone whilst driving with the strapline ‘one second of distraction, a lifetime of regret’. Continue reading

Work to make 16 East Sussex sites safer begins

Cllr Claire DowlingWORK has begun on measures to reduce driver speeds as part of a programme to make East Sussex roads safer.

A detailed assessment was carried out on the county’s A and B roads against factors including the character of the road and the environment, the average speed of vehicles, the level of vulnerable road users, facilities such as schools, shops and hospitals in the area, and the existing crash record. Continue reading