Are we there yet?

Meet the new Chief


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In this latest episode, James Luckhurst is joined by Jo Shiner, Chief Constable of Sussex and the recently-appointed roads policing lead for the National Police Chiefs’ Council, as well as by Ruth Purdie OBE – chief executive of UKROEd, the organisation responsible for the management of the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme.

We’ll be considering opportunities to kick start the sort of reductions in road death and serious injury that have been missing – not just in this country but across most of Europe – for more than a decade now. Where do these opportunities lie? Also, what’s being done

to make roads policing more visible – and to remind drivers that compliance with the law is not optional.

We also meet Chris Spinks from Westcotec and Geoff Collins from Jenoptik. Both are supporters of Project EDWARD and both work in the business of keeping people safe on the roads. We’ll be looking to dispel a few myths about speeding and asking both to identify effective measures for ensuring that drivers use speeds that are both legal and safe.


Project EDWARD (Every Day Without A Road Death) is an annual UK-wide road safety campaign backed by government, the emergency services, highways agencies, road safety organisations and British businesses.

The Campaign, Managed by ARRM and RoadSafe, promotes an evidence-led, ‘safe system’ approach – the long-term objective of which is a road traffic system free from death and serious injury.

Our aim is to provide a platform that showcases some of the best work being done around the country to promote:


  • Safe Vehicles
  • Safe Road Use
  • Safe Speed
  • Safe Roads and Roadsides
  • Post Crash Care


For more information on the Safe System, visit: www.pacts.org.uk/safe-system


You can find ProjectEDWARD in the following places:

Website: https://projectedward.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProjectEdward

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectEDWARDRoadSafety

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/projectedward/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/projectedward/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFYfytnzfKvX90TmkX2_LDQ

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Are we there yet?By James Luckhurst