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Road safety campaign for young drivers

YOUNG drivers will be targeted via their mobiles in a pioneering initiative announced yesterday.

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Results dismal in small pick-up crash test

Posted on 07.24.2008 21:01 by Erin Brooks This is the first time the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has tested the side impact protection of small pickups. Unfortunately many of the results were dismal. Watch in horror as not only do the trucks get smashed, but so does your resale value. The only truck to receive the IIHS highest rating of good in side test for occupant protection was...

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IIHS rates small-pickups harshly on side-impact crashes

According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety side-impact accidents killed 9,000 people in 2006 alone - and that’s why they’re not so happy today after giving out the results to...

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Small Trucks Pickup Poor Crash Test Ratings

With full-sized pickups taking a hosing, manufacturers may be looking towards smaller trucks to stem the bleeding. But a recent test of five compact pickups by the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety (IIHS) shows that they don't share the crash safety advantages of their full-sized brethren.The IIHS' first-ever side-impact test of compact pickups shows [...]

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New Measures to Tackle Non-UK Drivers Who Break Road Traffic Laws

Non-UK drivers and hauliers who flout the rules of the road face being fined and having their vehicles immobilised under new road safety proposals published today by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick. Drivers resident outside the UK will not be able to escape punishment under the new system which will give Police and examiners from the Vehicle Operator and Services Agency (VOSA) the power to collect...

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Why a Global Road Safety Partnership SA?

Improved road safety in South Africa will depend on hard work and cooperation between many different role players. Not only are there many inter-related functional areas involved in the management and control of road traffic and safety, but there are also various role players that can and should work together to assist the official government institutions responsible for road safety management. It...

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Auto news in brief: Tacoma gets 'good' rating

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Toyota Tacoma a "good" score Thursday for protecting passengers in a side-impact crash, saying four other midsize pickup models lagged behind.

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Insurance tests raise questions about some pickups

The latest crash tests by the insurance industry raise safety questions about small pickups, which are drawing more interest because they get better mileage than larger trucks. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported Thursday that several small...

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ROAD SAFETY A PRIORITY AT SALLYGARDENS CROSS, SLANE

I have been in contact with the Meath County Council Road Safety Officer, Michael Finnegan, concerning road safety at Sallygardens Cross, Slane.This follows numerous representations I have received from concerned residents. …... Continue reading »

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Speed cameras and road safety keep drivers within 30mph speed limit

Motorists are sticking to the 30mph speed limit in greater numbers than at any point in the last decade, Department for Transport statistics have revealed.

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Our congress critters learn first hand about aviation safety

A Continental Airlines plane with seven Texas congressmen aboard, including local U.S. reps Nick Lampson and Ron Paul, made an emergency landing in New Orleans after a sudden change in cabin pressure. No one was injured and the plane landed in New Orleans safely early Tuesday evening. Ironically, the congressmen were attempting to get back to Washington in time to vote on an avaiation safety bill,...

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Nerves of Erica Jong

As a pteromerhanophobic , I take note of stories like this... Flight carrying members of Congress makes emerg ency landing T he congressmen were trying to get back in time for a Tuesday night vote on an aviation safety bill, a spokesman for one of the representatives said . A little too ironic and the scientific community is united in that fact .

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Road safety

Road safety was on the timetable at Budehaven Community School recently.

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Mum’s concerns for road safety

A CONCERNED mother claims she and her family live in the Cynon Valley’s “forgotten village”.

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Small trucks fare poorly in tests of side impacts / Insurance industry tests several models that lack air bags

The latest crash tests by the insurance industry raise safety questions about small pickups, which are drawing more interest because they get better mileage than larger trucks. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported today that several small...