Topcon Positioning Group is aiming to demonstrate how its systems can connect vehicles and devices from several different manufacturers as they work on a project.
VicRoads, the highways authority for the Australian state of Victoria, has endorsed a major state road project for the first time under its new INVEST five star rating system aimed at encouraging innovation and sustainability in road building. The Western Freeway Anthonys Cutting Alliance’s planning, design and construction management of the US$ 207.3 million (AUS $200 million) freeway link between Melton and Bacchus Marsh was backed by INVEST’s
Dr Cristian Gonzalez, director IRF World Road Statistics, was in Athens to share IRF’s expertise in data collection at a three-day regional workshop organised by the EuroMed Transport Support Project. The event offered a novel opportunity to share national, European and international experiences and best practices with road safety data and allow a regional exchange on setting up a road map for the follow-up actions. The Workshop hosted 40 experts, of which 25 from EuroMed Partner countries. The “EuroMed T
Many UK drivers use their vehicles to store highly unlikely items according to a study. Amongst the more peculiar items kept in cars by their owners are mannequins, a bale of hay, 52 pies, a Ouija board, a false leg, 160 hats, 24 rolling pins, a wicker reindeer, two single mattresses, a hamster cage, parts of a railway engine and a urine container. The study also found that 25% of drivers are ashamed of how dirty their vehicles are with a further 5% admitting to never cleaning their vehicles. The study was
