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How to sign a Shared Path with priority across a road.Victoria and Queensland use the below sign set-up to mark a Shared Path (pedestrians and cyclists) that has regulatory priority over a road. This essentially creates an intersection with the Shared Path being the...

Congratulations to the Department of State Growth (Tas), the road designers, installers, road safety auditors, Safe System Assessors and all those involved in creating a highly aligned Safe System environment on the Midland Highway in Tasmania. Video source: Dashcams...

Congratulations to our latest New Zealand group to successfully complete the Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd - Road Safety Audit course. The course strengthens the integration of Safe System principles into Road Safety Auditing and aligns with New Zealand’s road safety...

One of the most important part of designing an effective road safety survey is creating questions that accurately measure opinions, behaviour, and experiences. Here are some tips to help design successful surveys: Clearly state the topic or topics that will be covered...

The updated Austroads Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) features seven parts: Part 1: Introduction & The Safe System Part 2: Safe Roads Part 3: Safe Speed Part 4: Safe People Part 5: Safe Vehicles Part 6 and 6A: Managing & Implementing Road Safety Audits Part 7:...

The updated Austroads Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) features seven parts: Part 1: Introduction & The Safe System Part 2: Safe Roads Part 3: Safe Speed Part 4: Safe People Part 5: Safe Vehicles Part 6 and 6A: Managing & Implementing Road Safety Audits Part 7:...

The updated Austroads Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) features seven parts: Part 1: Introduction & The Safe System Part 2: Safe Roads Part 3: Safe Speed Part 4: Safe People Part 5: Safe Vehicles Part 6 and 6A: Managing & Implementing Road Safety Audits Part 7:...

The updated Austroads Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) features seven parts: Part 1: Introduction & The Safe System Part 2: Safe Roads Part 3: Safe Speed Part 4: Safe People Part 5: Safe Vehicles Part 6 and 6A: Managing & Implementing Road Safety Audits Part 7:...

The updated Austroads Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) features seven parts: Part 1: Introduction & The Safe System Part 2: Safe Roads Part 3: Safe Speed Part 4: Safe People Part 5: Safe Vehicles Part 6 and 6A: Managing & Implementing Road Safety Audits Part 7:...

The updated Austroads Guide to Road Safety (AGRS) features seven parts: Part 1: Introduction & The Safe System Part 2: Safe Roads Part 3: Safe Speed Part 4: Safe People Part 5: Safe Vehicles Part 6 and 6A: Managing & Implementing Road Safety Audits Part 7:...

Austroads engaged Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd to update the Guide to Road Safety (all parts except Part 6, which is part of an ongoing project). The updated guide now reflects the Safe System pillars - Part 2: Safe Roads, Part 3: Safe Speeds, Part 4: Safe People...

Vertical deflection is not just for low-speed roads. Raised safety platforms or raised intersections are increasingly being used on high volume, high speed (60km/h +) arterial roads. Some specific tips for raised intersections or safety platforms on arterial roads:►...

The German Autobahns have an average crash rate of 130 injuries per billion vehicle kilometers travelled (VKT). The Hume Freeway has a crash rate of 33 injures per billion VKT.

Getting safety messages to resonate requires a deep understanding of the target audience. An effective way to develop targeted messages is to use customer personas. Here are motorcycle customer personas and safety messages that will resonate.  

Road Safety Evaluations and The Hawthorne Effect.The Hawthorne effect refers to a type of reaction in which individuals who know they are being observed modify their behaviour. This effect can often affect the accuracy and results of a road safety study. Depending on...

Don’t give up at the roundabout.Cyclist safety at roundabouts is often an afterthought, but in recent years a raft of design guidance has been produced to create safe facilities for cyclists.Check out VicRoads/DoT's Guidance on Bicycle and Pedestrian Treatments at...

Licensing, training and assessment of trike riders can be ambiguous. We've assembled some key points and prompting questions in the synopsis below on the licensing, training and assessment of trike riders.

It is not reasonable to expect humans to process and react to large volumes of information in a short period of time. There is a strong correlation between decreasing driving performance and an increase driving workload, such as that from reading traffic signs (Bendak...

We're excited that the Australasian Road Safety Conference is back in 2021.Papers accepted from Safe System Solutions Pty Ltd.:Kathy Doukouris - Road Safety Capability Requirements for Road AuthoritiesKenn Beer & Max McCardel - Roads That Cars Can Read assessment:...

Wire Rope Safety Barrier - rope tensionWire rope systems will deflect more on hot days and less on cold days. The required wire rope tension for a specific installation is calculated using the Annual Average Daily Temperature at site and the Product Manual. It is...