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Minister for Roads and Road Safety Melissa Horne has announced a new Safe Local Roads and Streets Program will get underway over four years to boost safety for road users.

Boosting safety on local council roads

The Victorian Government is helping local governments across Victoria deliver road safety improvements to council-managed roads, intersections and precincts. Minister for Roads and Road Safety...
This month, as part of a national distracted driving enforcement and awareness campaign, law enforcement agencies and traffic safety partners in Minnesota are teaming up to educate motorists, enforce the hands-free cell phone law and help stop other distracting behaviors.

Campaign targets distracted drivers

Researchers suggested the reason is because the vehicles’ tall front ends strike cyclists higher on their bodies.

Higher point of impact makes SUV crashes more dangerous for cyclists

However, despite the risk, the organisation said many BC drivers continue to use electronic devices while driving. Since 2018, police have issued more than 140,000 distracted driving tickets.

ICBC urge drivers to avoid distractions behind the wheel

The new THINK! campaign, ‘Is pushing it worth it?’ is targeted at young male drivers, as statistics show male drivers aged 17 to 24 are four times more likely to be killed or seriously injured than drivers aged 25 or over.

New UK road safety campaign targets young male drivers on rural...

Speaking in a virtual Capitol Hill briefing this month, Mr Harkey said the organisation firmly believed in technology for vehicle safety but did not believe in the promise of technology to completely replace drivers and for the vehicle to assume all responsibility for vehicle operations.

Vehicle technology not a silver bullet for safety

FAMILY SAFETY

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) said it was going to be a busy time on farms and renewed its annual appeal for motorists to be on the lookout for tractors, trailers and other agricultural machinery exiting from fields and farmyards.

Road safety plea during silage season

Drivers in Ireland are being urged to share the road safely with farming machinery as the silage cutting season gets underway. The Irish Farmers’ Association...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the advice this week as warmer temperatures set in across the country, and also urged the public to stay alert and call 911 if they see a child alone in a hot car.

Warning issued over danger of leaving children in hot cars

To help high school students make safer driving choices ahead of graduation season, road safety speakers are travelling throughout northern B.C. to share their personal stories.

Road safety speakers talk to B.C. teens ahead of graduation season

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has announced the grants, which will pay to install bus stop arm cameras, to help change dangerous driving behaviors and protect students.

More than $1m in grants awarded to install school bus stop...

IIHS recently updated its longstanding moderate overlap front crash test to add a rear passenger dummy positioned behind the driver.

Rear passenger protection falls short in most midsize SUVs, according to...

A driver in a good-rated vehicle is 12 percent less likely than a driver in a poor-rated one to be killed in a frontal crash, the IIHS study found.

Vehicles which perform strongly in IIHS front crash tests align with...

MOTORCYCLES

The project will investigate the extent of under-reporting of e-scooter casualties and ways in which it could be improved, consider the DfT evaluation report of the e-scooter trial rental schemes and respond to the Government’s proposed Transport Bill.

Further funding to assess e-scooter safety

The Road Safety Trust has provided funding to The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) to assess private e-scooter safety and understand casualty...
Marking the inaugural Motorcyclist Awareness Month, spearheaded by Victoria’s Motorcycling Community Engagement Panel (MCEP), Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll said the initiative had been developed in collaboration with the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), Department of Transport and Victoria Police.

Motorists urged to share the road this riding season

The annual 2021 Motorcycle Safety Monitor Report by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), surveyed almost 1,000 riders and found nearly all wear a helmet ‘all the time’ (96 per cent) and just over half (55 per cent) of respondents said they wear proper motorcycle riding pants every ride. The wearing of boots on every ride has declined (76 per cent in 2020 compared to 68 per cent in 2021).

Motorcyclists urged to ‘gear up’ every time they hit the road

This year 18 motorcyclists have already died on Ireland’s roads, an increase of five compared to 2021.

Drivers in Ireland urged to look out for motorcyclists

To coincide with May’s Motorcycle and Bicycle Safety Awareness Month, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) is teaming up with transportation and law enforcement organizations across the state for the ‘Share the Road’ campaign.

Florida drivers reminded to safely share the road with vulnerable users

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) said “a worryingly high” number of motorcyclists had been killed on the roads, including five in March alone and along with An Garda Síochána is appealing to motorists to be aware.

Appeal after ‘worryingly high number’ of motorcyclists killed on Irish roads...

DRIVING FOR WORK

The study looks at three critical challenges for nationwide vehicle electrification US electricity supply and demand, electric vehicle production and truck charging requirements.

New study investigates converting US vehicle fleet to electric

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released a new report that assesses the infrastructure requirements for converting the US vehicle fleet to battery...
The ETSC said the European Commission was coming under pressure from the road transport industry to decrease the recommended minimum age of professional drivers in all sectors to 18, with training allowed from aged 17.

Safety body calls for age of professional drivers not be to...

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) is calling for the minimum driving age for all vehicle categories not to be decreased further claiming it...
The small-scale observational study, carried out on behalf of the Association of French Motorway Companies (ASFA), found on average drivers used their telephone ten times per hour while driving, for an average duration of use of 32 seconds.

Study shows lorry drivers spent 9% of driving time on the...

Lorry drivers spent an average of nine per cent of driving time using their mobile phone, according to a new study. The small-scale observational study,...
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