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• in Business
  Addison Lee Chairman Condones Knocking Cyclists From Their Bikes?
  Chairman of Addison Lee blunders again after saying drivers of his companies cars are blameless if they knock cyclists over.
  by cmimanagers / on Apr 20, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “road safety”

 

• New in-car infotainment technologies may make driving more dangerous

  
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  A new study published by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has found that hands-free technology intended to make life easier and safer for motorist is in fact more dangerous that initially thought. Using data from simulations and on-road driving, researchers measured how engaging in different activities while ...
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• Just Passed Your Driving Test? Taking Your First Solo Road Trip

  
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  You’ve just taken your practical driving test and passed! Getting your driver’s license is an exciting time for every new driver, but what happens when you have to make a long distance journey, alone, for the very first time? Nervous? I sure was! While some people jump at the chance to take their first road [...]
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• Helmet crash tests: don’t hit the road without one

  
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  Bicycle helmets certified to Australia’s national standard significantly reduce the causes of head, skull and brain injury – linear and angular head accelerations, and the impact force of a crash – a new laboratory study has found. Crashing without a helmet exposes the head to accelerations and forces – or ...
  2 days ago

• Time for a test

  
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  The Economist, Jun 8th 2013 ABUJA—“TRAFFICATE,” says the driving instructor. “Traffi-what?” “Trafficate! Trafficate!” he reiterates, gesticulating to the left. It is a busy Tuesday afternoon in Abuja, the capital, and your correspondent is being given a lesson on how to drive—and indicate—in ...
  3 days ago

• Phone At The Wheel Is Fast Times Expensive

  
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  To the road safety day on June 15, mobile (IZMF) information centre reported regulations on cell phone use on the road and is called exact fines imposed imposed in breach. The amount of the fine is quite different from country to country. In France, the penalty is, for example, at 135 euros, in Italy and [...]
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• Stickers on Monitoring Vehicles to Promote Road Safety Awareness among Heavy Transport

  
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  Source:  www.rta.ae The Monitoring and Enforcement Department at the Licensing Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) initiated an awareness campaign through the stickers on the Department’s vehicles with the slogan “Your Safety First” to address the concerned companies of heavy transport vehicles ...
  5 days ago

• 7 Safe Driving Tips

  
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  This Tip Thursday is all about road safety. No one gets behind the wheel expecting to be involved in an accident, but nicks and scratches, fender benders and fatal crashes have become commonplace due to human error or downright recklessness … Read more ›
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• Getting Your First Car On the Road

  
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  Times have changed for new drivers. A couple of decades ago, it was relatively cheap to add a newly-qualified driver onto a parent’s insurance policy. Most of us cut our teeth driving around in Mum’s beaten up old Fiesta until we had the funds to buy our own cars. Insurance premiums have shot up in recent years ...
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• British woman killed in Siberia during China to France vintage car rally

  
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  Emma Wilkinson, 46, was in 1970 Chevrolet C10 when it was hit by a Volkswagen Polo on the Tyumen to Omsk highway A British woman has died in a car crash in Siberia while taking part in a vintage rally. Emma Wilkinson, 46, was killed in a head-on collision between her 1970 Chevrolet C10 and a Volkswagen Polo, ...
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• British woman killed in Siberia during China to France vintage car rally

  
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  Emma Wilkinson, 46, was in 1970 Chevrolet C10 when it was hit by a Volkswagen Polo on the Tyumen to Omsk highway A British woman has died in a car crash in Siberia while taking part in a vintage rally. Emma Wilkinson, 46, was killed in a head-on collision between her 1970 Chevrolet C10 and a Volkswagen Polo, ...
  6 days ago

• British woman killed in Siberia during China to France vintage car rally

  
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  Emma Wilkinson, 46, was in 1970 Chevrolet C10 when it was hit by a Volkswagen Polo on the Tyumen to Omsk highway A British woman has died in a car crash in Siberia while taking part in a vintage rally. Emma Wilkinson, 46, was killed in a head-on collision between her 1970 Chevrolet C10 and a Volkswagen Polo, ...
  6 days ago

• British woman killed in Siberia during China to France vintage car rally

  
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  Emma Wilkinson, 46, was in 1970 Chevrolet C10 when it was hit by a Volkswagen Polo on the Tyumen to Omsk highway A British woman has died in a car crash in Siberia while taking part in a vintage rally. Emma Wilkinson, 46, was killed in a head-on collision between her 1970 Chevrolet C10 and a Volkswagen Polo, ...
  6 days ago

• NSW road safety song Get Your Hands Off It - video

  
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  A three-minute comedic song commissioned by the New South Wales government to warn people of the dangers of checking their phone while driving
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• Intelligent Transport System to improve safety of railway crossings

  
  Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine — Authority: 705
  In the quest for smarter and safer transportation networks, automakers have been working on communication systems that use wireless technologies to share information between vehicles and infrastructure, such as traffic lights, road works, intersections and stop signs. The potential applications of these ...
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• Highway worker struck and killed in Howard County

  
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  A state highway employee was struck and killed by an oncoming car on Tuesday night along a roadway in Howard County. Authorities say the unidentified worker was putting cones down along the westbound lane of Route 216 at Route 29 in Scaggsville at around 9:30 p.m. ET when he was hit by a 2009 Chevy Malibu. The man, ...
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• Umdloti accident leaves six injured

  
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  Six people were injured after two cars and a taxi collided on the N2 south near the Umdloti off ramp this morning. Exact detail to the cause of the accident and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment. Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and after triaging the injured found ...
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• Traffic fines: council has revenue-raising culture, emails appear to show

  
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  Documents from Hammersmith and Fulham council suggest culture of targets inside traffic enforcement department Motorists have long suspected that cash-strapped local councils sought to issue fines to raise funds. Now emails released from one of the most prolific issuers of penalties may confirm their fears. ...
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• Traffic fines: council has revenue-raising culture, emails appear to show

  
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  Documents from Hammersmith and Fulham council suggest culture of targets inside traffic enforcement department Motorists have long suspected that cash-strapped local councils sought to issue fines to raise funds. Now emails released from one of the most prolific issuers of penalties may confirm their fears. ...
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• Benoni accident leaves ten injured

  
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  Netcare 911 paramedics and other services responded to an accident on the N12 near Daveyton in Benoni this morning. Upon their arrival on scene they found that a minibus and motor vehicle collided resulting in ten people being injured. Four people sustained serious injuries and six people sustained moderate injuries. ...
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• Man dies as logging machine drives over him in Wartburg

  
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  A worker has tragically died after a logging machine went over him at a site in Wartburg this morning. Exact detail as to how the accident occurred and preceding events will remain a subject for police investigation and comment. Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the driver of the logging machine ...
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