Motorists over 70 facing stricter vision laws
Drivers aged 70 and over could be banned from the roads if they fail compulsory eye tests under a radical shake-up of driving laws in England and Wales. Plans also include reducing the drink-driving limit in both countries to be in line with Scotland’s laws, and introducing penalty points for passengers not wearing a seatbelt, […]
Automated AI driving functions from Bosch and Cariad to be integrated into VW Group’s new sofrware architecture
Bosch and Cariad have announced that they are intensifying their cooperation within the Automated Driving Alliance: the partners are developing their software stack for Level 2 and 3 assisted and automated driving by making full use of artificial intelligence. Bosch and Cariad are expanding their existing approaches to include state-of-the-art AI methods. This should lead […]
Council fury as Government revokes A1 dualling consent
The long-saga of the A1 dualling project has taken another twist as the Government is moving to officially revoke the approval that would have allowed for the dualling of a stretch of the road in Northumberland. Labour announced last October that it was scrapping a long-planned upgrade to the busy route having deemed it “unfunded […]
60,000 speeding convictions could be overturned if driver wins TfL case
A senior TfL manager has claimed that there is no need to tell motorists whenever speed limits are temporarily lowered. Gerard O’Toole, the authority’s network regulation manager, told a court that he believed details of “emergency” cuts to speed limits did not have to be made available to the public – even though such orders […]
Cambridgeshire: Overrunning roadworks lead to £500,000 in fines
Companies in Cambridgeshire have been fined almost £500,000 for overrunning or non-compliant roadworks, which caused delays and inconvenience to motorists, a council said. Cambridgeshire County Council said during the past year it had processed more than 32,000 street and roadwork permits, regulating when and how works could take place, says the BBC. It said that […]
HS2: Giant bridge set to be moved into place in central Birmingham
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway, part of Birmingham’s ring road. The operation will be delivered by HS2’s main works contractor in the Midlands, Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) and their bridge move contractor Mammoet. Rather than building the bridge […]
Further closures expected as major works extended on Erskine Bridge
Major resurfacing and joint replacement works on the A898 Erskine Bridge in Glasgow have been extended by at least 24 hours. The £100,000 project, carried out by Amey on behalf of Transport Scotland, was supposed to see the northbound section of the bridge closed for the weekend, says The Clydebank Post, however, due to “forecast heavy rain”, the works […]
Amazon cleared to demonstrate self-driving Zoox
The Trump administration has cleared the way for Zoox, the autonomous-vehicle subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., to demonstrate self-driving cars that are truly driverless and do not need traditional driving controls such as a steering wheel. US auto safety regulators granted an exemption to federal vehicle safety standards for purpose-built driverless cars made by Zoox, the […]
The number of connected cars with embedded OEM telematics systems to surpass 500m by 2029, says report
The 10th edition of the Global Automotive OEM Telematics Market report has been published, with the main takeaway being that half a billion cars are expected to have embedded OEM telematics systems by 2029. Virtually all of the world’s leading carmakers have launched mass-market services in key regions today. The research estimates that 79% of all […]
Crash barrier contractor set for growth after multi-million pound MBO
One of the UK’s leading motorway crash barrier contractors has undergone a multi-million pound management buy-out backed by funding from Mercia Debt. The buy-out of Protek Fencing hands control of the business to Managing Director Kristoffer Sharp (pictured, right) and Commercial Manager Matthew Pickering (pictured, left), and paves the way for the retirement of former Contracts Director Scott Clayton. The […]