This fire red performance car features a familiar prancing animal logo and is aimed at those with a need for speed, but who live in more congested urban environments
February 9, 2018
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This fire red performance car features a familiar prancing animal logo and is aimed at those with a need for speed, but who live in more congested urban environments.
A new move by the US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) could see hybrid and electric vehicles being required to meet minimum sound emissions standards. This would be so as to help make pedestrians more aware of the approaching vehicles and follows on from a Japanese study into the prevalence of accidents involving hybrid vehicles with pedestrians in urban areas. “Safety is our highest priority, and this proposal will help keep everyone using our nation’s
The World Health Organisation has published a new report on road safety during 2015. Its global status report uses information from 180 countries and indicates that the total number of road traffic deaths has plateaued at 1.25 million/year worldwide. The annual global road fatality rate has remained roughly the same since 2007, a point worth noting considering growing vehicle numbers around the globe. Low income countries remain those of most concern for this report as in previous years. But some progress i
Leading the change, IRF organises its 2nd Conference on Roads & Environment in Geneva, Switzerland on 10-11 November 2008 An opinion poll in the UK at the end of June showed that more people think their government should first try to tackle environmental issues before trying to tackle global economic problems. Two-thirds of people were even in favour of green taxes, either now or when economic conditions improve. The environment remains high on the agenda in most countries, including in those where public o
All vehicle restraint devices on European roads are – or should be - certified according to the European impact standard EN 1317, implying conformity. But it doesn’t necessarily ensure that the crash barrier will perform its main aim of saving the vehicle occupants’ lives.
