Last year’s Load Restraint Education Project was announced as the winner of the Local Government Award for Excellence in Road Safety at a gala dinner in Parliament in Canberra last week. The awards are presented annually by IPWEA NSW & ACT (The Public Works Engineering Institute of Australasia) and aim to endorse and recognize excellence […]
Cumberland parents are concerned about traffic issues near the community school. At a recent council meeting, Mike Tunnah, the active transportation project manager, reached out to the village to explain how, through the school’s active transportation work, they identified the area of Ulverston Avenue and First Street as dangerous and congested due to the number […]
Motorists are urged to be careful on the roads and to plan ahead for the long weekend, after a heartbreaking start to the year. In just over two months, 54 people have lost their lives on Victorian roads – up from 44 in 2021 – leaving many families, workplaces and communities to mourn the needless […]
A new RAV study has found that 89% of 2,700 drivers think some or most car headlights are too bright. Meanwhile, 88% said they had been dazzled, or even temporarily blinded, by headlights while on the road. A whopping 63% of road users said they had been dazzled for over a year or two, with […]
Remember that it is essential to slow down when approaching intersections, bends and bends. Published: Sat 5 March 2022, 07:41 Met Eireann is forecasting both clear sunny days as well as icy roads over the weekend. As a result, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is warning drivers of the danger posed by ‘solar glare’. Drivers […]
Express press service HYDERABAD: To verify the adequacy of all road infrastructure, pedestrian facilities and required safety measures, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to conduct a road safety audit on existing trunk roads under the Program comprehensive road maintenance program (CRMP). Despite various measures taken by the civic body, road accidents occur […]
Published: Thu 27 Jan 2022, 10:42 The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and the County and City Management Association (CCMA) are calling on all property owners to cut their hedges before March 1 to ensure they do not cause a serious potential hazard to road safety. Overgrown hedges and roadsides can lead to fatal accidents and […]
THE number of drivers who ignored road safety advice and chose to drive drunk or on drugs over Christmas is “astonishing”, says Ireland’s road safety chief. Garda road safety figures revealed that 914 motorists were lifted from driving while intoxicated from November 26 to January 4, including 35 on New Year’s Day. 1 Garda Siochana […]
Ash bolt Victoria Police are begging motorists to be careful on the roads after 236 lives were lost on the roads in 2021. The figure was the third lowest since the Transportation Accident Board started keeping records more than 30 years ago, but Assistant Traffic Police Commissioner Glenn Weir said it was still too high. […]
Story published on January 5, 2022 A ROUTE improvement program for the Frogmore Road / Slag Lane town area has been rejected by Wiltshire council. Westbury City Council approached Wiltshire City Council in November for help funding the project that would have transformed the area into a safer space for residents and road users, with […]
news, latest news, ALMOST 400 violations were detected in the southwest during a 10-day Christmas traffic safety police blitz. Almost 40 percent of these incidents (156) were speeding violations. Statewide, more than 776 dangerous drivers have been detected while driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with one in 270 drivers detected above the […]
Road safety Alhaji Khuzaima Mohammed Osman, executive secretary of Ghana’s Tijjaniya Muslim Movement, advised religious leaders to instill a road safety campaign as part of their responsibility. He said religious leaders should take road safety campaigns as a responsibility, as road accidents kill more people than riots. The number of lives lost to violence cannot […]
Safaricom associated with the National transport and the Safety Authority (NTSA) to provide training to bodaboda drivers on road safety rules as part of efforts to reduce the number of traffic accidents during the holiday season. The training, which would be carried out in collaboration with the National Association Boda Boda, aims to promote responsible […]
Experts call on all road users to be careful on the road this holiday season. PHOTO: GALLO IMAGES / Sharon Seretlo It’s that time of year when everyone seems in a rush to get somewhere on South African roads and the rules don’t seem to apply. They overtake on blind climbs, some accelerate and some […]
With Jamaica recording more than 450 road fatalities this year, Department of Transportation and Mines Road Safety Unit Director Deidre Hudson-Sinclair is begging Jamaicans to drive for life. As of Monday, December 20, 2021, some 453 people had been killed on Jamaican roads in 406 crashes. Speeding has been one of the biggest killers on […]
In this opinion piece, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) Engineering for Road Safety leader and project manager for the Eastern Sanral region, covering KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State, Jason lowe written on the agency’s Safe System model. As the December holiday season rolls around and traffic volumes peak, there is one thing […]
The biggest UK equestrian road safety survey ever has uncovered ‘shocking’ statistics about riders’ experiences – but should help advance our cause with policymakers. The British Horse Society has spoken to over 7,000 people who access the roads with horses; horseback riding, riding and driving, and between the ages of 18 and 97. Only 3% […]