A new survey carried out in the UK reveals that male drivers are more likely to risk lives by overtaking blind and speeding on rural roads. As a result male drivers are being urged to be more careful. The survey was carried out jointly by safety body Brake and insurance firm Direct Line. The data reveals that 24% risk catastrophic head-on crashes by overtaking blind, while 44% admit speeding at over the national speed limit of 96km/h (60mph) on rural roads. Men are much more likely to take these deadly risk
HE Mehmet Cahit Turhan, minister of Transport and Infrastructure of Turkey, opened with a keynote address at the session on "The Belt & Road: Bridging the gaps for sustainable transport and growth in EurAsia". This was organised by the International Road Federation (IRF) on 22nd May 2019 at the ITF Summit 2019 in Leipzig. The panel included top representatives from the World Bank, BSEC, AIIB, IATA, Michelin and PwC and offered a deep insight into key topics surrounding the BRI.
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Recycling of materials has been carried out at Cologne/Bonn Airport in a move to boost efficiency
Using the Wirtgen KMA 220 mobile cold recycling mixing plant allows road construction materials to be recycled or upgraded onsite and avoids the need for numerous transport trips. The system is also economical, as became clear from a job at Cologne/Bonn airport at the end of 2017. There the plant, located immediately next to the job site, produced around 11,000tonnes of materials for a hydraulically bound ba
At their joint summit, held in Brussels, Belgium, the presidents of CECE (Committee of European Construction Equipment) and CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Association) presented to EU institutions a manifesto consisting of five priority actions for a successful digital transformation of the construction and the agricultural machinery industries.
