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Safe System Snippet #42
Safe System Snippet: Motorcyclists are most susceptible to surface issues in the lead up to a curve and through the curve. We have ranked the ‘hazards’ in the VicRoads Road Management Plan in order of importance for motorcycle rider risk management.
Cycling Auditor Course August
Our popular Cycling Auditor one-day hands on training has been brought forward to 7 August 2020. The current Covid-19 pandemic has more than doubled the number of people riding bikes and several councils have brought forward cycling projects. If you are planning or...
Safe System Snippet #41
Back to School Edition: Treatment #6 Pedestrian Crossing (Zebra)
Safe System Snippet #40
Back to School Edition: Treatment #5 Safe Travel to School: Raised Intersection Consists of a raised platform on the intersection and short length of approach roads. Requires speed hump warning, advisory speed sign and may include other warning signs, if warranted,...
Amy Gillet Foundation Campaign
We support this campaign from Amy Gillett Foundation to improve the safe design of temporary cycling infrastructure.
Safe System Snippet #39
Back to School Edition: Treatment #4 Pedestrian Refuge Consists of a short stretch of raised median in the centre of the road that creates a staging point for pedestrians. Usually features a walkthrough at pavement level. Advantages•Improves crossing opportunities for...
Safe System Snippet #38
Superelevation and changes in superelevation (i.e. crossfall) within an intersection can have a detrimental effect on vehicle stability, particularly for heavy vehicles. In general, the crossfall adopted for turning roadways where vehicles can turn at moderate speed...
Safe System Snippet #37
Back to School Edition: Treatment #3 Supervised Raised School Crossing
Safe System Snippet #36
Back to School Edition: Treatment #2 - Raised Threshold Treatment
Safe System Snippet #35
Back to School Edition: Wombat Crossings
Safe System Snippet #34
Does the community know that it’s a “Limit, Not a Target”? In difficult driving conditions, certain speeds, even within the legal limits, may be inappropriate. Wet weather and other influences may mean that driving at the speed limit is inappropriate and dangerous. Do...
Safe System Snippet #33
Wide centerline treatments can reduce cross centerline fatal and serious injury crashes by up to 30%. Often lanes can be narrowed to accommodate the treatment and the wide centerline is best complemented with audio tactile edge line and centerline. Wide centerlines...
Safe System Snippet #32
There are two types of drivable culvert endwalls – Type 1 (parallel to traffic) and Type 2 (perpendicular to traffic).
Safe System Snippet #31
Fear tactics don’t work in road safety. The main difficulty with fear appeals are that they are least effective among those people who most need to change their behaviour. Less risky people who are already motivated to behave safely are more likely to accept the fear...
“Car parks out, footpaths and cycling lanes in”
Wider paths and protected bike lanes coming soon to Melbourne. Great initiatives by City of Melbourne to help keep vulnerable road users safe as city prepares for post-COVID commuters. Click here to see full article.
Safe System Snippet #30
There are two methods for working out the Length of Need of a road safety barrier system: the run-out length method (used in Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania) and the Angle of Departure method (used in NSW).
Signs & Lines – the (Social) Distance Education course
We have just launched our next (Social) Distance Education course – Signs & Lines. You can participate in this program from home as it is run by correspondence (live interactive webinars, project assignment learning, one-on-one phone and Q&A). The course is...
Safe System Snippet #29
Working Width is the barrier system width + dynamic deflection of the system + vehicle roll allowance. Working Width should be provided as clearance from any non-frangible hazards behind the barrier.
Making Roads Motorcycle Friendly Training – Tasmania
Motorcyclists are often referred to as the canary in the coal mine when it comes to road issues. Before COVID-19 we ran our Making Roads Motorcycle Friendly training session for an enthusiastic group of engineers, road designers and maintenance managers in Tasmania to...
Safe System Snippet #28
Automated vehicles are NOT the answer… yet....