A series of new guardrail technologies and barrier developments are now coming to market - Mike Woof writes. An array of technical developments is helping improve highway safety for road users. New barrier and guardrail technologies can offer greater conspicuity so as to alert drivers, along with better restraint capabilities. Gregory Industries offers a wide range of steel and cable barrier types and has now developed an attachment system for international use. This fixes the guardrail to the post and in t
Regional contractor Windisch has put five Terex TA300 articulated haulers to work shifting 1.4 million m3 of earth on the A5 motorway extension in Austria.
The five 28tonne capacity TA300s have been selected by local contractor Windisch to take part in the expansion of the North Autobahn (A5) which will form a modern highway between Vienna in Austria and Brno in the Czech Republic.
Austrian distributor Mlecka Construction, just outside of Vienna in Oeynhausen, supplied the vehicles that work 12-hour s
A policeman in the UK surprised colleagues somewhat when he turned up to work in a very shiny Ferrari 458. His curious colleagues questioned how the officer could afford the costly car. Police qualified in chasing corruption cases then looked closely at the officer’s finances, finding suspicious quantities of cash. Further police work uncovered links between the officer and gangs involved in running brothels and dealing in drugs. The policeman was subsequently charged with a number of offences. He presumabl
Half of UK drivers in a recent survey admitted to breaking traffic laws and half of these drivers said they did it with intention.
Of the drivers who willingly broke the law, half acknowledged they did it because they believed there was little chance of getting caught, or they simply did not agree the law and saw no reason to obey.
Road safety charity Brake and vehicle insurance company Direct Line said the survey reveals a worrying attitude by many road users toward safety on highways.
Brake said that U
