News tagged with road safety

Without driver or map, vans go from Italy to China

Across Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Gobi Desert - it certainly was a long way to go without getting lost.

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 9

Declining road fatalities: Less driving not the only cause

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fewer Americans are dying on our nation's roads, not only because they are driving less, but also because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Ground Control to Major Tom: London ISA Catches Speeders

An Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) system is being tested by the London for Transport (TfL). The eye-in-the-sky ISA system relies on a computer installed in the vehicle with pre-loaded speed limit road data ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 4 weblog

Cameras at intersections save lives, dollars

A landmark study has found that despite the public's perception that road safety cameras are merely revenue raising devices, they significantly reduce road accidents and so save Victoria millions of dollars ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Livestock also suffer traffic accidents during transport

A Spanish study has analysed traffic accidents involving cattle being transported for human consumption in the country for the first time. Despite the "relatively" low mortality rate, animals suffer high-risk ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2008 crisis spurred rise in suicides in Europe

The financial crisis that began to hit Europe in mid-2008 reversed a steady, years-long fall in suicides among people of working age, according to a letter published on Friday by The Lancet.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Seoul roads to be repaved for radioactivity

Two sections of road in the South Korean capital Seoul are to be repaved after they were found to be radioactive, officials said Saturday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

The when, where, why of road accidents

(PhysOrg.com) -- Who knows what 'aetiology' means? It's a branch of science dedicated to finding the causes of something. European researchers have been busy updating the aetiology of road accidents and studying ...

Technology / Other

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Creating resilience for vehicular applications

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed promising approaches to a long-neglected aspect of car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications: fault-tolerance and resilience. The technology is ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0