Brake fears for car insurance holders' road safety

Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Leading road safety charity Brake has expressed concern that the funding cuts in the Department for Transport (DfT) could lead to roads being more dangerous for car insurance policyholders and pedestrians.

This week, chancellor George Osborne announced in the emergency Budget that the DfT would see cuts of 27 per cent in its budget.

Brake fears the cuts, which are being introduced to reduce the UK deficit, could result in more motor insurance holder and pedestrian casualties, leading to higher NHS BILLS, thus creating a "false economy".

Ellen Booth, campaigns officer for Brake, said: "By targeting road safety, the government has shown they have no concern for the families of the future carnage we may see because of this irresponsible and short sighted cut of a vital life-saving service, and also no understanding of the enormous expense to the emergency services of road crashes."

Recently, the charity was angry about comments made by junior road transport minister Mike Penning concerning speed cameras.

Mr Penning said local authorities should look for alternative ways of improving road safety instead of investing money in "cash cow" cameras.

Posted by Rebecca Mellor

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