Seven out of ten want motorists think it’s driver’s responsibility to ensure seat belt compliance
68% of motorists believe drivers should be responsible for ensuring all their passengers wear seatbelts. The RAC has published research released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the law to make seatbelt wearing obligatory. Currently, drivers only have responsibility to make sure they and any children in their vehicles are restrained properly – with […]
San Francisco looks to slow introduction of driverless vehicles
It’s seen to be the capital of the world’s driverless vehicle technology, but now officials in San Francisco are asking the state of California to halt or scale back the expansion plans of Cruise and Waymo. NBC news reports repeated incidents in which cars without drivers stopped and idled in the middle of the street […]
NAVYA applies to go into receivership
The French driverless vehicle maker NAVYA has filed papers with the Commercial Court in Lyon requesting the opening of a receivership procedure. The company says it does not have sufficient available resources to meet its current liabilities. It’s issued a statement in French, which is translated below in full: NAVYA (FR0013018041- “ Navya ” or the “ Company ”), […]
ULEZ expansion “leads to rise in cloned plates”
It’s reported thousands of car owners are having their number plates cloned by criminals who’re seeking to avoid charges based on low emission and clean air zones. The Telegraph says there are 13,000 cases of cloning each year in England and Wales, up from 4,000 in 2018 and that motoring experts believe the vast expansion […]
Nota AI CEO says CES 2023 trip “encouraging and interesting” leading to new business opportunities
The Chief Executive Officer of South Korean IT startup, Nota AI,Myungsu Chae, has told Highways News he has seen a real thirst for the use of cutting edge technology to solve the planet’s transport challenges. Nota AI provides a camera-based AI traffic monitoring solution with real time processing to analyse intersections and the movements of […]
Twelve-year-old’s invention to clean toxic air wins national competition
A twelve-year-old from Huddersfield has won the Institution of Engineering & Technology’s national ‘Backpack to the Future’ competition – ‘blowing away’ judges with a design that filters polluted air – helping the 8 million people in the UK who suffer the often-crippling effects of asthma. The IET teamed up with global lifestyle brand HYPE. – […]
Leeds student Josephine James wins ITS (UK) poster competition
Josephine James of the Leeds College of Building has been announced as the winner of Intelligent Transport Systems UK’s 2022 Early Careers Poster Award. The Competition saw students and apprentices submit posters looking at key issues and topics within intelligent transport. Candidates were asked to focus on three topics, from: Joesphine’s entry, which looked at ‘perception […]
Thurrock Council’s opposition to LTC remains unanimous
Every councillor present at a full meeting of Thurrock Council in southwest Essex has indicated their opposition to the building of the Lower Thames Crossing. The website Your Thurrock reports the Chair of Thurrock Council’s Lower Thames Crossing Task Force bought forward a motion at the Full Council meeting on Wednesday (25 January) to seek […]
Labour council leader calls for more time to implement ULEZ in outer boroughs
For the first time, a leading member of London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s own party has called into question his plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone to outer London boroughs. Writing on Twitter, Barking and Dagenham Council leader Darren Rodwell has suggested that the plans need “a much more comprehensive and generous scrappage and […]
Bosch and APCOA expand automated valet parking technology to parking garages across Germany
Following the announcement that automated valet parking has been approved for commercial use in the P6 parking garage at Stuttgart airport, Bosch and APCOA are branching out and installing the technology in 15 further parking garages in Germany. From Hamburg to Munich, work to expand the infrastructure-based, automated, and driverless SAE Level 4 parking system […]