The French Association d'Automobilists is about to release a publication detailing its plans to improve road safety in the country. Copies will be distributed to senior officials including those at the Ministry of the Interior and also the French the Prime Minister. The publication reveals that some 30% of deaths on the road are linked to drink driving. One plan to tackle this is to have police patrolling popular night spots and another is to carry out more roadside breath tests and catch drink drivers. Acc
The first of 3M's innovative new frangible post units are now being installed on the UK's M54 and M6 motorways. These units are designed specifically to reduce the risk to drivers in the event of a crash. At present 20% of road fatalities in the UK result from a collision with a road side feature, such as a post, a street lamp or tree. By replacing rigid steel posts with frangible posts that minimise occupant injury when impacted by a vehicle, this risk will be reduced. Passive posts are now being used on s
PIPS Technology has commissioned two Journey Time Measurement Systems (JTMS) in Gravesend and Tunbridge Wells for Kent Highway Services (KHS) in the UK. The JTMS locations consist of 34 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras and JTMS software all provided by PIPS Technology.
A major speed limit review in the county resulted in the speed limit be reduced from around 65kph (40mph) to 48kph (30mph) on two short sections through the town of Amersham.
