More than 33,000 dangerous driving videos sent to police in 2023
The RAC is reporting new data from the National Dash Cam Safety Portal showing there has been a significant rise in the number of video reports sent to police forces across the UK. The total number of videos received via the portal increased by 30% in 2023 to 33,531. Set up by British Dash Cam […]
Samsung and Hyundai partner to connect homes with cars
Samsung Electronics has announced a collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group to expand its SmartThings platform to support connected cars, including electric vehicles. The two companies will work together for the next-generation smart home to connect Samsung’s SmartThings with Hyundai and Kia’s connected cars, including EVs, to develop the “Home-to-Car” and “Car-to-Home” services as well as […]
WEF calls for a rebuild of trust in driverless vehicles
Ahead of its annual meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum has issued a report calling for a rebuild of trust in driverless technology. It says this trust includes public acceptance and trust between public and private sectors. It adds that to realise the safety benefits that the technology promises, strong global collaboration is necessary. […]
Cohda certified for cellular-vehicle-to-everything tech in the US
Global connected vehicle technology company Cohda Wireless’s connected vehicle technology solution, the MK6, has been certified by America’s Federal Communications Commission. This follows the European Union and UK certifications of the MK6 RSU and OBU, granted in August 2023. The FCC recently granted waivers permitting deployment of cellular-vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) technology in the upper 30 MHz […]
PTV Group presenting integrated simulation solutions at TRB
Transport modelling company PTV Group will present technology it says will master the mobility revolution at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 103rd Annual Meeting on January 7–11, 2024 in Washington DC. The mobility software firm, now part of Umovity, provides innovative and integrated technology for simulation, real-time data analysis, visualization, and modeling. At PTV’s booth […]
NPED founder calls for industry to work together to tackle illegal driving
The founder of the new National Persistent Evaders Database of drivers says it’s too much to expect the Police to work on their own to deal with people who ignore traffic rules and bans. Alan Wood, the CEO of NPED was reacting to news of calls for more traffic police to deal with offences, after […]
National Highways seeks £75m transformation delivery partner
National Highways has put out a tender for a Transformation Delivery Partnership Contract to provide a “centralised vehicle for transformation and change in National Highways that will drive forward a central approach across the whole of National Highways to ensure holistic departmental transformation”. It says the Transformation Delivery Partnership is expected to challenge, advise, and […]
Edinburgh sets date for pavement parking ban
Edinburgh Council has announced that enforcement against parking on pavements, parking at dropped kerbs and double parking will begin in the city on Monday, 29 January. Scottish regulations giving councils the power to enforce the new rules came into effect on 11 December, aimed at addressing “the inconvenience inconsiderate parking causes to all road users, […]
Driverless cars in San Francisco “can’t be ticketed”
Driverless vehicles in the Californian city of San Francisco are being held to a different standard to human-driven cars, with police pointing out they aren’t allowed to cite the empty vehicles for moving violations. The website sfgate.com reports police don’t have the authority under California’s vehicle code to ticket the cars for speeding, running red […]
Reading set for six new bus lanes
Planners in Reading are recommending the creation of six new bus lanes in the town to create a faster and even more reliable bus. £26 million is being invested into local bus services by the Council with the aim of attracting more passengers to use them. The council believes that key to achieving that is […]