Forward bookings for the upcoming Intermat construction equipment exhibition in French capital Paris are extremely bullish. The organisers say that the show already has a 90% occupancy rate for its exhibition space, a full eight months before the 2012 event, which runs from 16h April to 21st April. The Intermat 2012 event will feature 375,000m2 of exhibition area, including a 20,000m2 outdoor demonstration area. In all 1,500 exhibitors have booked, 67% of whom are international and there will be four nation
Brunei’s road safety record needs to be improved, according to the Brunei Director of Land Transport Haji Supry bin Haji Ladi. There were four fatal road crashes reported in the country within one week of February 2016 alone. In a bid to improve road safety, a new campaign themed "Safe Roads, Safe Lives" has been held. Haji Supry attended the event and said that 90% of road crashes during the years up to the end of 2015 were from car-on-car collisions, while motorcyclists were involved in 1%. Bicycle and pe
A new report from insurance firm Allianz highlights the appalling risks to road users resulting from drink driving. "On a global level, every 10th fatal accident can be traced back to alcohol. Men are more likely to expose themselves to this danger, risking their lives with it," according to Christoph Lauterwasser, Head of the Allianz Center for Technology (AZT) in Munich.
The fatality rates from road traffic crashes that have resulted from alcohol use have been investigated by the World Health Organisatio
