HE and Transport Secretary disagree on red lights for recovery vehicles
It’s being reported Highways England is objecting to calls for roadside recovery vehicles to use red flashing lights on their vehicles. The Telegraph says Transport Secretary Grant Shapps privately backs allowing breakdown vehicles to use red lights, rather than the conventional orange ones, as safety measure for recovery staff. The report says MPs and campaigners […]
Colas launches rapid flow testing for operational team
Colas has announced the immediate roll out of rapid testing on its sites for operational staff. The company said the safety of its staff ‘remains a priority’, and it will be using lateral flow testing kits which deliver result in 15-30 minutes. Colas aims to test staff at its project and operational sites weekly in […]
A-one+ Area 12 team reaches six million working hours without a RIDDOR
The A-one+ Area 12 team ihas achieved an industry first by reaching six million working hours free of a Reportable Injury Disease and Dangerous Occurrence (RIDDOR) and no lost time incidents since November 2018. Within the last three years it has exceeded itsprevious managing agent contract record of 4.65 million working hours RIDDOR free, while […]
VW offers augmented reality head up display
The car maker Volkswagen is promoting a solution it says merges the virtual and real worlds, saying it makes a head up display affordable to many customers. It says that it has decided to include its augmented reality head-up display in a high-selling volume model, continuing its strategy of offering high-tech features at affordable prices. […]
Redflex camera wins Dutch approval
Intelligent traffic management solutions company Redflex has announced its Halo 2 advanced enforcement system has been certified for average speed detection by the prestigious Netherlands Measurement Institute (NMi). Redflex says that, combined with its existing NMi certification for fixed speed and red light detection, Halo 2 now offers a suite of endorsed solutions in the […]
Van makers urged to fit better safety technology
The organisation overseeing the safety of vehicles in Europe is urging van manufacturers to fit more lifesaving collision avoidance technology to their vehicles as standard after tests for a new Commercial Van Safety Rating revealed what it calls “alarming results”. Euro NCAP, working with Thatcham Research, found that out of 19 vans tested – representing […]
Britain at “midway point” towards autonomous vehicles
A group of transport experts have told a webinar that it could be another 15-20 years before driverless cars are in daily use by the monoring public. Road Safety GB reports that the Festival of Road Safety event heard from Coventry University, Zenzic and Oxfordshire County Council about the road safety challenges around the technology. […]
Highways England and supply chain partners cut back on noise and dust at roadworks thanks to new innovation
New equiopment has been developed by Highways England, which means that living near roadworks will have to contend with less noise, dust and vibration while work is going on. Operatives working on such projects will also benefit from the new Deck Scraper vehicle which uses a blade to shave off the membrane of the surface […]
Traffic cop gets last laugh with Red X-ignoring driver
A motorway policeman has taken to Twitter to tell of his stories on patrol on the M62, including how a driver got his comeuppance for ignoring a red X on the motorway. PC Martin Willis, who goes under the Twitter name Motorway Martin was attending a breakdown on the motorway and had placed his car […]