News tagged with traffic accident
Virtual solution to driving phobias
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nervous drivers are being helped to overcome their road phobias by donning Cyclops-style goggles that transport them to a three-dimensional virtual world.
Area-wide traffic calming improves safety -- but will it work in low- and middle-income countries?
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Area-wide traffic calming schemes that discourage through-traffic from using residential roads are effective at reducing traffic-related injuries in high-income countries and may even reduce deaths. However, more research ...
Access to motorbikes without taking a prior exam increases the number of accidents
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Pedestrians and motorcyclists continue to be those most vulnerable in traffic accidents. A team of researchers has demonstrated an increase in the number of injuries among users of lightweight motorcycles ...
Yawn alert for weary drivers
Jul 27, 2009 |
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We've all experienced it after long hours driving, the eyelids getting heavy, a deep yawn, neck muscles relaxing, the urge to sleep, the head nodding down... But, you're hands are still on the wheel and you only just stopped ...
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 ...
Codeine use and accident risk
Mar 24, 2009 |
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The risk of being involved in a traffic accident with personal injury is significantly higher among codeine users than non-users. However, sporadic or moderate use of codeine alone does not carry an increased risk, according ...
