Vietnam’s road crash rate is still too high and causing concern. Recent measures such as requiring motorcycle riders to wear helmets have helped reduce the country’s death toll on its roads, but the casualty statistics are still a major issue. The official data from the National Traffic Safety Committee in Vietnam shows that there were around 5,000 crashes recorded in the first quarter of 2016. These crashes injured over 4,500 and killed close to 2,200 people. The police also fined the drivers of over 909,0
Vaisala provided its PWD10 visibility sensors and its Road Weather Station RWS200 system to make driving safer on a dangerously dusty and wind-blown highway.
The Arizona Department of Transportation created an automated speed limit system based upon Vaisala’s PWD visibility sensors — a first in the US, says the manufacturer.
