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Friday Safe System Sketch time.Have a good weekend.

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...

Happy Friday. Here's our engineers' Safe System Sketch for the week.Have a good weekend.

Places are filling fast for this motorcycle safety forum:Thursday 19 May⏰ 4 - 6:30pm followed by informal dinner and networkingMelbourneACRS members = free. Others $15.Register here: Register

Building technical skills in the next generation of road safety practitioners. This week we were excited to deliver MicroStation training for Monash engineering students in partnership with Transport Engineers at Monash - TEM. This one-day intensive course focused on...

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

Roundabouts reduce casualty crashes by 75% for all vehicles, yet when looking at motorcyclists in particular, they only reduce casualty crashes by 37%. [update note: Scully, J. H., Newstead, S. V., Corben, B. F., & Candappa, N. L. (2009). Effect of past black spot...

Active Advanced Warnings Signs (AAWS) should be used in advance of traffic signals where sight distance to signals or a potential back-of-queue is limited. They are also used in locations where drivers have a lowered expectation of signals, for example, when driving...

Line marking should be clear, consistent and correct. For a pedestrian crossing (aka zebra crossing) or wombat crossing this must be white lines on a contrasting background (see AS1742.10) . This can be hard to achieve when using a concrete surface. If the use of...

Friday Safe System Sketch.Have a good weekend.

To perform satisfactorily, safety barriers must have sufficient length to enable vehicle redirection. In addition, barrier end terminals require sufficient support to perform (absorb energy and anchor the system) as designed and tested. When crash testing a barrier,...

Because of the cost of structures (bridges, culverts, etc.) these are often a narrow point within the road network. The risk or run-off-road crashes on the approach to, and throughout the structure increases. As a result, it is important to have well designed and...

Friday Safe System Sketch.One for the signals engineers.Have a good weekend.

Distracted pedestrians – what are the numbers?  Williamson & Lennon (2015) asked 211 pedestrians in Brisbane to self-report their smart phone use while crossing the road. The 18-30 year olds (56% of the sample) reported particularly high levels of mobile phone...

Our engineers are at it again...Friday's Safe System Sketch.Have a good weekend.

Lateral Protection Devices (LPDs) fitted to trucks are an effective way to lessen the severity of a crash with a pedestrian or cyclist. According to Knight et. al (2005) the effectiveness of LPDs in preventing fatalities in crashes with the side of large trucks range...

Floating bus stops – solving the bike/bus leapfrog.  A ‘floating bus stop’ is created when the entire bus stop 'floats' between the traffic lanes and cycle paths. This creates separation of the cyclist lane from both vehicular traffic (including the bus) and from...

Friday's Safe System Sketch.Enjoy your weekend.