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It's Safe System Sketch time.Each Friday this year, our engineers have been putting their comic wit on the line and producing a cartoon/sketch. Let us know what you think of today's sketch.

In parts of Europe speeding fines are adjusted to match the speeder’s salary. Finland is best known for this system where the government uses their existing tax data to work out a fine that provides equal disincentive regardless of earnings (including benefits). This...

Waka Kotahi has just released their Safe System Audit guidelines and process. It’s a new frontier in the Safe System assurance process and we’re excited. So much so that we’ve produced a fact sheet (below) to explain some of the changes. Get in contact to ensure you...

By popular demand, our Road Safety Barriers technical training course is coming to Brisbane. Over 500 engineers, road designers, technical officers, managers and field staff from around Australia have successfully completed this course. Through interactive learning,...

Does advanced driver training work? Are speed limits really that important? Are roundabouts always safer? How do we deal with extreme driver behaviour? How do we factor economic productivity into this? How do we fit motorcyclists into the Safe System? Can we scare...

Safe System Assessments (SSAs) are now mandatory in most jurisdictions across Australia and New Zealand. Here’s a guide to the jurisdiction specific requirements with respect to SSAs: ＱｕｅｅｎｓｌａｎｄSSAs required on all TMR infrastructure projects as part of the TMR Road...

If you missed it, the seminar recording is now available from the ITE-ANZ website. Click here: recording Designing for Cyclist SafetyWonderful discussion at yesterday’s ITE-ANZ seminar on designing for cyclist safety. Thanks to Max McCardel and Ilse...

Safe System SketchHappy Friday and have a wonderful weekend.

Wyndham City Council (one of Australia’s fastest growing municipalities) has just released their Road Safety Strategy and Action Plan 2022-2032. The strategy commits Wyndham to being proactive, innovative, and progressive in their approach, and activates them to lead...

Our Project Development Lead, Max McCardel, will be presenting alongside Nicole Badstuber FCIHT at the ITE Australia & New Zealand (ITE-ANZ) online seminar Designing for Cyclist Safety. Max is the lead trainer for the Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd. (Social)...

Safe System SketchHave a good weekend.

Consistency of intersection treatment along a corridor has long been known to improve compliance and safety for vehicles (AGTM Part 6). We need to take the same thinking and apply it to our cycling corridors.The video below shows five minor road crossings along a...

This is an exciting evolution in the Road Safety Audit profession.Congratulations to iRAP, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and our team at Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd. that worked so hard in developing this methodology.

How do you decide which road safety assessment technique to use at what stage of your project? Yesterday our Principal Engineer, Kenn Beer, ran a bespoke one-day training workshop for the ACT Government to demystify the many road safety assessment techniques...

It's Friday Safe System Sketch time.Have a good weekend.

Bicycle Hook Turns are encouraged as a way for cyclists to navigate signalised intersections with less likelihood of crash. To encourage riders to make this turn (as opposed to crossing to the middle of the road and propping in the right turn lane), Hook Turn Storage...

Superelevation of a curve provides a raised surface to counter the centrifugal force of the vehicle navigating the curve. Adverse superelevation is when the road is angled in such a way that the surface does not counter the centrifugal force experienced by a vehicle...

Friday Safe System Sketch.One for all the road safety barrier enthusiasts.Have a super weekend.