News tagged with road safety
Creating resilience for vehicular applications
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed promising approaches to a long-neglected aspect of car-to-car and car-to-infrastructure communications: fault-tolerance and resilience. The technology is ...
Ground Control to Major Tom: London ISA Catches Speeders
May 11, 2009 |
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An Intelligent Speed Adaption (ISA) system is being tested by the London for Transport (TfL). The eye-in-the-sky ISA system relies on a computer installed in the vehicle with pre-loaded speed limit road data ...
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Tests may predict driving safety in people with Alzheimer's disease
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Doctors may be able to use certain cognitive tests to help determine whether a person with Alzheimer's disease can safely get behind the wheel. The research is published in the February 10, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the me ...
Poor suffer disproportionately from road crashes: study
Jun 15, 2009 |
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The poor are disproportionately victims of road crashes, with the number of deaths set to nearly double in two decades, according to the first global assessment of road safety released on Monday.
Speed cameras do reduce accidents, say researchers
Sep 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed an accident prediction model which proves that speed cameras are effective in reducing the number of road traffic accidents by 20 per cent.
Statistical road safety: 18th century math, 21st century road safety
Mar 27, 2009 |
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What possible connection could there be between an eighteenth century British Presbyterian minister and preventing road traffic accidents in Hartford, Connecticut. Everything, according to a report in the International Jo ...
Stop traffic crashes: Switch on the lights
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Street lighting provides a simple, low cost means of stemming the global epidemic of road traffic death and injury. Low income countries should consider installing more lights, and high income countries should think carefully ...
Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections
Sep 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places ...
The when, where, why of road accidents
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Who knows what 'aetiology' means? It's a branch of science dedicated to finding the causes of something. European researchers have been busy updating the aetiology of road accidents and studying ...
Scientists study NASCAR safety rules
May 14, 2007 |
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U.S. researchers have determined safety regulations enacted by NASCAR over 21 years have resulted in an increase in accidents.
Ford backs bill to ban texting while driving
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Ford said Thursday it backs federal legislation pressuring states to ban texting while driving in an effort to reduce driver distractions that could lead to accidents.
Traffic injuries are major African problem
Jun 26, 2007 |
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A French study has found Africa's traffic death rate is higher than in any other region of the world, yet research into improving road safety is lacking.
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