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A new report by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), the Flemish Foundation for Traffic Knowledge (VSV) and Fundación MAPFRE highlights 17 key principles for delivering effective road safety education in Europe. Education is an essential part of the “Safe System approach” to road safety. European countries have committed to providing traffic safety and mobility education, notably...

The Irish Road Safety Authority (RSA) says new figures show that drug driving is a major problem on Ireland’s roads. Cannabis is now not far behind alcohol in blood and urine samples examined by the Irish Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS), according to the RSA. According to the new data, 68% of drivers with a positive roadside drug...

Each year WDM® carries out the high-speed data collection survey for the New Zealand Transport Agency. The Company has done this for the past seven years and the most recent survey started on the 19th November in Hawkes Bay. The trucks moved to the South Island on the 15th January and the survey is due to be finished by...

New minimum vehicle and pedestrian safety standards have been formally approved by EU Member States following a political agreement reached with the European Parliament in March. The legislation was formally signed by representatives of the European Council and Parliament at a ceremony on 27 November. New cars, vans, lorries and buses sold in Europe will be fitted...

The new EU Transport Minister has set a challenge to halve the number of road deaths in Europe over the next decade. Adina-Iona Vălean, a former Romanian government minister, MEP and chair of the European Parliament’s Industry committee, takes over from Violeta Bulc as European Commissioner for Transport. Need more information? Contact us today In her opening...

31st January 1947 to 22nd November 2019 Staff at W.D.M. Limited are mourning the loss of a much-valued colleague. Dr. Chris Kennedy was a Chartered Civil Engineer and a Director of W.D.M. Limited, a post he held from 1985 through to his retirement from full-time work in 2014. John Gardiner, Chairman of W.D.M. Limited said...

Highways authorities around the world are testing every component of a pavement in a bid to improve durability. English national roads authority Highways England has moved onto the second stage of a £685,000 research project which aims to find hard-wearing road markings and materials that can remove those markings. Contact for more information The authority believes that the...

UK drivers could be banned from using phones in hands-free mode, following a suggestion from MPs. The House of Commons Transport Select Committee has said that current UK law creates the “misleading impression” that the use of hands-free phones is a safe driving practice. However, there is increasing evidence to show that hands-free usage “creates the same...