Road Safety

More flexibility to meet local signage needs

Transport Business — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:44:07 +0000

More flexibility to meet local signage needs

Simon Morgan from the Institute of Highway Engineers examines new local highways traffic sign legislation that comes into force in 2015, which brings both benefits and challenges to local authorities

Identifying the precise need for speed

Transport Business — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:28:33 +0000

Identifying the precise need for speed

Road Safety

Three years after the idea was first considered by Government, motoring law specialist Hannah Sampson shares her views on fresh proposals to increase the speed limit on motorways

Making a mark for road safety

Transport Business — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:18:29 +0000

Making a mark for road safety

Road Safety

Standards, compliance and research are the key areas the Government needs to address if it is to achieve the goals set out in its Strategic Framework for Road Safety, says the Road Safety Markings Association, which publishes its 2012 Lifelines report in the Autumn

Speed cameras: defending their beneficial role

Transport Business — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:32:49 +0000

Speed cameras: defending their beneficial role

Road Safety

Kevin Clinton, head of road safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), shines a positive light on perhaps one of the most vilified tools in the road safety box

A technology driven approach

Transport Business — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:55:10 +0000

A technology driven approach

Road Safety

Flagship motorway scheme delivers increased safety and efficiency by controlling traffic flows more effectively

Good choice architecture

Transport Business — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:44:06 +0000

Good choice architecture

Road Safety

Professor Andrew Parkes, chief scientist, Behavioural Studies, TRL, translates the nudge agenda into improved transport safety

Platooning ahead

Transport Business — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:01:07 +0000

Platooning ahead

Road Safety

Platooning may be the new way of travelling on motorways in as little as ten years time with the SARTRE project announcing its first successful demonstration. Anthony Smith reports

Dying for a lick of paint

Transport Business — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:20:26 +0000

Dying for a lick of paint

Road Safety

Road markings provide the best, most simple navigation aid to drivers and little money needs to be spent to cut deaths on our roads, says the Road Safety Markings Association

Saving lives with technology

Transport Business — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:04:38 +0000

Saving lives with technology

Road Safety

Alan Jones, Roads Policing Lead, Police Federation of England and Wales, discusses speed camera enforcement and the impact it can have on road safety and accident prevention

Why we must keep speed cameras

Transport Business — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:32:51 +0000

Why we must keep speed cameras

Road Safety

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has helped to reignite the public debate about the future of speed cameras. Kevin Clinton, the Society’s head of road safety, discusses

Drivers’ passing behaviour on two-lane highways

Transport Business — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:51:18 +0000

Drivers’ passing behaviour on two-lane highways

Road Safety

Tomer Toledo and Haneen Farah introduce a new project designed to enable a better understanding of factors influencing the decision whether or not to overtake

Promoting effective measures

Transport Business — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:56:03 +0000

Promoting effective measures

Road Safety

Ellen Townsend, European Transport Safety Council, discusses work related road safety and road safety in the EU

Drink and drug driving: the challenges ahead

Transport Business — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:29:59 +0000

Drink and drug driving: the challenges ahead

Road Safety

Robert Gifford, executive director, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, discusses one of the biggest contributions to road deaths in Great Britain

Keeping the roads safe

Transport Business — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:32:32 +0000

Keeping the roads safe

Road Safety

The European Transport Safety Council is putting forward ambitious targets to reduce road deaths and serious injuries in the EU by 40 per cent between 2010 and 2020. Ellen Townsend, the Council’s policy director, explains further

Marking out a safer future

Transport Business — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:10:42 +0000

Marking out a safer future

Road Safety

Road safety is currently a hot topic, with the government now reviewing the consultation responses to its post 2010 road safety strategy ‘A Safer Way’