Chairman's blog

Every week our Chairman, Roddy Graham writes a blog in BusinessCar. Copies of his blog also appear here, with his latest below. Others appear in the Chairman's blog archive.

April 20, 2012 16.14

Emissions achievements to be proud of

Great news from the SMMT that CO2 car emissions have dropped by 23 per cent since 2000 – this is...

Mar 30, 2012 17.07

Black holes of different varieties

Back to one of my pet subjects – black holes – not the mysterious kinds, just those chassis-shaking, bone jarring...

March 8, 2012 15.54

French stupidity reaches new levels – even for the French!

Amazing as it may seem, from 1 July this year, if you take your car over to France, you must...

February 13, 2012 16.21

Plug-in dead end

It never fails to amaze me how governments, of whatever political persuasion, live in an unreal world. Do the policy...

January 26, 2012 18:00am

Unsung heroes

One of the things that always strikes me is how some individuals in our industry are always prepared to go...

November 17, 2011 9:08 am

Electric vehicle false starts

You would expect electric car grant applications to rise as the year progresses. After all, there are nine electric...

October 25, 2011 4:09 pm

A sign of things to come

I thought our proliferation of road signs was bad, that is until I visited America recently. Yes, I was...

September 20, 2011 10:24 am

Frankfurt reflections

The irony of the Frankfurt IAA Show is that it is such a huge event, spread over numerous gigantic...

August 30, 2011 10:04 am

Speed cameras - good and bad

An Aylesbury speed camera has a lot to answer for! Not only has it raked in thousands of pounds for...

August 5, 2011 4:21 pm

Bad week for drivers

Driving has been in the news for all the wrong reasons this week. My triple-header starts with that uncontroversial character...

July 21, 2011 4:25 pm

Poorer driving standards enough to drive you round the bend!

Despite the number of people killed in road accidents falling from 2,222 in 2009 to 1,857 last year – the...

June 27, 2011 4:39 pm

Mileage cut-backs - new ways of working

Both motoring organisations have come out with surveys indicating how much drivers have cut back on their mileage due to...

June 6, 2011 4:48 pm

Swindon's pioneering speed traffic management

Swindon has never really struck me as a pioneering town but then I’m not old enough to remember its role...

May 11, 2011 4:42 pm

Tyres in the headlines

Black round things are in the headlines again. No, not those big black holes which have been the subject of...