Tag: Road safety
Commercial vehicle blitz results in 80 charges in Grey-Bruce
A four-day commercial motor vehicle blitz resulted in 80 charges and 46 vehicles taken out of service by police. The Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), in partnership with the Ministry of Transportation, Ministry of Finance, Hanover Police Service, West Grey Police Service, Owen Sound Police Service, and Saugeen Shores Police Service, conducted a four-day […]
Months after boy’s death, traffic lights installed near Lambeth
Traffic lights are now operational at an intersection in London’s southwest, months after a fatal collision just down the road led to a petition for improved safety measures. The city announced the activation of traffic lights at the intersection of Longwoods Road and Westdel Bourne near Lambeth on Thursday. The rural intersection had been monitored […]
Car Bonnets Becoming Half Centimetre Higher Every Year, Driving Road Safety Fears — Study
Drivers of high fronted cars are unable to see children as old as nine, tests find. The bonnet height of new cars in Europe is increasing by half a centimetre a year, on average, driven by the growth in SUV sales, new research finds. The trend is part of the recent phenomenon … [continued]
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The One Big Robotaxi Benefit — Safe Driving
We’ve had a few articles recently highlighting problems with the idea of a robotaxi revolution. (See here, here, and here.) However, there are definitely some upsides to robotaxis, and there’s one in particular that deserves a nod. A reader shared this study with us in a comment thread, and it … [continued]
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London police, city hall crack down on unsafe taxis, for-hire drivers
Nearly three dozen driver’s licences were seized and more than 500 offence notices were issued by London police during a month-long blitz of taxis and ride-share services. Police say over the course of March, officers working in their road safety section alog with city hall bylaw officers conducted a safety campaign targeting on-demand transportation services […]