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Stop traffic crashes: Switch on the lights

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created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...





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Study to make public roads safer for farmers, drivers

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created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Population growth and significant increases in development across the country are leading to changes in traffic and driving behavior in many areas where motorists share the road with farmers moving their equipment – changes ...


Rural roads dangerous for young drivers

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created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living in rural areas are more ...


Red-light cameras increase crashes, researchers find

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (53) | comments 3

Rather than improving motorist safety, red-light cameras significantly increase crashes and are a ticket to higher auto insurance premiums, researchers at the University of South Florida College of Public Health conclude. ...


Statistical road safety: 18th century math, 21st century road safety

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created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

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 ...


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Inexperience a key factor in youth crashes

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide (Australia) study has found that young drivers are twice as likely to have an accident during their first few months of driving on a provisional licence than after ...


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Traffic circles may become widespread

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created Nov 17, 2005 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Modern roundabouts, or traffic circles, not only reduce crashes, but research shows they also can help alleviate traffic backups and resulting delays.


Risky driving puts P-platers at high danger of crash

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Australia's largest study of young drivers has shown that risky driving habits are putting young drivers at a significantly increased risk of crashing, irrespective of their perceptions about road safety. The study surveyed ...


More pedestrians killed during a new moon

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created Nov 14, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (14) | comments 0

The next time you decide to go for a moonlight stroll, you may want to check first if the moon is full.


Driving fatalities surge on US presidential election days

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Toronto, ON (September 30, 2008) – Sunnybrook researcher Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Stanford University statistician Robert Tibshirani have found an increased risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes on United States (US) presidential ...


Marathons cut risk of fatal vehicle crashes

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created Dec 21, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Organised marathons are not associated with an increased risk of sudden death, despite the media attention they attract. In fact, marathons lower the risk of fatal motor vehicle crashes that might otherwise have taken place ...



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