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Positioning and maintenance of service pit lids impacts on the likelihood of motorcycle crashes. This short video is part of a series of videos in the Victorian Government's Safer Roads Infrastructure Program (SRIP), Motorcycle Safety and Infrastructure Improvements...

Galvanized steel poles are deemed frangible, but not for cyclists and motorcyclists. Most road signs are erected on galvanised steel tube posts. These are usually C250L0 (or lighter weight C350L0). They are intended to deform on impact thus minimising vehicle damage...

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Truck Mounted Attenuator (TMA) is a device that can be attached to a truck for use at worksites to protect road workers from errant vehicle intrusion. All TMAs must be assessed against the Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) and approved by the relevant road...

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Cyclists at roundabouts – looked-but-failed-to-see Drivers can look straight at cyclists and still not “see” them. This is a psychological phenomenon called Inattentional Blindness (aka looked-but-failed-to-see) and is especially prevalent at roundabouts when cyclists...

In Victoria, bridge approach barriers must be designed in accordance with BTN001 v1.1 - 2018 Bridge Traffic Barriers (together with AS5100:2017 for the appropriate performance level). The bridge approach barrier, its connections and supporting systems should all be...

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How do you get road designers to better understand the needs of heavy vehicles? Put them in the cab of course. Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd. & the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), with support from the Australian Trucking Association (ATA), have just...

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What’s the difference between a Road Safety Audit, Safe System Assessment and iRAP/AusRAP assessment? We’re often asked this so we’ve put together this comparison sheet outlining some of the differences, advantages and disadvantages between these three established...

Converting Auxiliary Right Turn (AUR) lanes to Channelised Right Turn Lanes (CHRs) is expected to reduce rear-end crashes by 30% (TMR Road Safety Policy Fact Sheet). This is because the vehicle propped to turn right has their own dedicated road space.  This is a...

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Vehicles are getting bigger. Across Australia and New Zealand, the mass and dimensions of vehicles in the fleet has increased considerably over the past 25 years. This is one of the main reasons Australia and New Zealand moved to the Manual for Assessing Safety...

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One of the assessments in our Road Safety Audit course requires participants to undertake research into a road safety topic. This helps them explore and understand their assigned topic, and they get to view all the other participants’ assignments across varied topics....

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Squaring up a Y-intersection in an urban area has many advantages, including: ✅ The speed of vehicles through the intersection is lower, providing advantages for pedestrians, cyclists, motorcyclists and passenger vehicles. ✅ An improved observation angle for drivers...

None of the motorcycle underrun protection devices accepted for use in Victoria have been tested on the end terminal of road safety barriers. As a result, they must terminate before the end terminal. This can result in strange and somewhat unintuitive applications...