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Scenic photos from beautiful Devonport, Tasmania. 🙌 ------------- Follow Kenn Beer on LinkedIn for more updates and road safety industry news.

Absolutely. And honestly, I still love it just as much as I did on day one. No matter how many years you spend in road safety, there is nothing quite like getting out there, watching how people really move, behave, hesitate and react. You always learn something new....

Just thought you might like to see another motorcyclist’s life being saved by a barrier system... ------------- Follow Kenn Beer on LinkedIn for more updates and road safety industry news.

Type 2B signal pedestals are not deemed frangible. However, that rating only tells part of the story. Frangibility is not about how a support looks. It is about how it behaves under impact. If a support can shear, yield, or detach to reduce crash severity for a...

This was one of the key questions the Victorian Government wanted answered when they engaged Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd to undertake a detailed investigation across the south west of Victoria. Our role went well beyond assessing the signs themselves. We were asked...

More proof that the right infrastructure can change the outcome in a split second. Barriers save lives. Thank you to the engineers, designers and funders that saved these lives, and continue to save countless others. (ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ᴄʀᴇᴅɪᴛ: ᴡᴀᴋᴀ ᴋᴏᴛᴀʜɪ - ɴᴢᴛᴀ) -------------...

On the approach to a bridge sits an often overlooked safety element. The approach barrier. Its role is not just to connect to the bridge barrier. It’s there to protect errant vehicles from hazards, shield the bridge structure itself, and prevent vehicles from entering...

Road safety barriers save lives. But only when they are selected, designed, installed, and maintained correctly. Behind every barrier is a long list of important design decisions that most people never think about. Length. Offset. System type. Flare rate. Post...

I am so proud of our Training Team for the work they do behind the scenes. Course content design, registration, learner experience management, quality assurance, compliance and completion are just a few of the many tasks on their ever growing list. But what I love...

Continuing our mission to build real world technical capability for the delivery of Safe System solutions on the ground. Here is our next Fact Sheet. This time the focus is on Protected Intersections. A powerful treatment that improves cyclist safety through better...

Dwell on Red [also called Rest on Red] is a traffic signal phasing that puts pedestrian safety first. All vehicle approaches sit on red and only switch to green when a vehicle is detected and that vehicle has slowed. It is recommended in central activity areas and can...

by Kenn Beer Principal Engineer | Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd Director | Lösningar Pty Ltd Safe System Network Safety Plans. A practical guide for local governments Network Safety Plans are now firmly embedded in Australia’s National Road Safety Strategy. Every road...

Side Road Activated Speeds [also known as RIAWS, RJAWS and STARS] are one of the more promising tools we have for tackling high risk rural and regional intersections. The concept is simple. Slow the major road when a vehicle is detected on the side road and bring...

Raised crossings are a proven Safe System treatment. The real question is how to squeeze the absolute most value from them? What shapes driver compliance at these sites? What can we adjust when the yield rates are not where they should be? We were engaged to...

They’re a Supporting Treatment in our Safe System toolkit, helping lower the likelihood of head-on crashes. They don’t stop vehicles once they’ve crossed. For real separation, you need a median barrier. That's the Primary Treatment. ————–  Follow Safe System Solutions...

Did you catch the Municipal Works Australia x Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd webinar on Temporary Traffic Management? Check out the recording here: Thanks to Thuan Nguyen, Traffic Lead here at Safe System Solutions, for running this webinar with Peter Ali (PhD) and...

Within each category, there are Network Roadside Risk Intervention Threshold (NRRIT) scores for Normal Design Domain, Extended Design Domain, and Design Exception conditions. These scores set the maximum level of risk a project should accept for untreated roadside...

Looks dramatic, but this is success - not failure. Slip based pole in action. Safe System in action. Want technical training on lane departure hazard management? Check out our Road Safety Barriers technical training course Next in-person course starts 26 November in...

2 Star safety road infrastructure (International Road Assessment Program) vs a 5 Star (midblock). Continuous barriers comprehensively proven to save lives and prevent serious injury. ————–  Follow Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd for more Safe System Snippets

$3M+ for motorcycle safety infrastructure. The Safe System Solutions team was engaged by the Victorian Government to undertake motorcycle safety audits and develop an infrastructure improvement plan for key sections of the regional road network. Three route-based...