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- Honda to Begin Using Third Generation Pedestrian Dummy in Crash Tests to Enable Evaluation of Injuries to the Lower Back and Upper Leg
- Tokyo, Sept 18, 2008 - JCN Newswire - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced today that it will begin using its new third generation pedestrian dummy, POLAR III, in vehicle-to-pedestrian crash tests before the end of this year, with the aim of reducing pedestrian lower back and upper leg injuries which...
- Research articles 2008-09-18
- STRANGE TIMES
- Fun for the whole family New Russian laws are making it illegal to dress 'emo'-a subculture fashion inspired by hardcore punk, goth and indie music-following criticism that the emo culture encourages anti-social behavior and glorifies suicide. The new laws regulate emo culture websites and ban emo and gothic dress styles...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Shanghai jaywalkers face TV shame: report
- SHANGHAI AFP — Shanghai jaywalkers face public humiliation as police plan to start broadcasting images of their offences on television to shame them into respecting traffic rules, local media said Thursday. Police plan to film and take photos of the rebel pedestrians, as well as cyclists that violate traffic...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- Fed up over crossing delay; On the web
- DELAY after delay has hit the project to build a pedestrian crossing on the main road outside the Asda store in Huddersfield. Goodness knows, it took long enough before council chiefs finally agreed to the scheme. Now - for some inexplicable reason - it's still on the drawing...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Grade-crossing safety guides
- The Federal Railroad Administration is distributing two resource guides to assist railroads, grade-crossing designers and state and local governments in making general safety improvements at highway-rail crossings and in establishing quiet zones where locomotive horns can be silenced. The Compilation of Pedestrian Safety Devices in Use at Grade Crossings provides...
- Research articles 2008-07-01
- Czech artist fined for traffic light stunt
- PRAGUE AFP — A Czech artist was fined 60,000 koruna (2,400 euros, 3,750 dollars) on Wednesday for replacing the glass in pedestrian crossing traffic lights with stencils of comical and vulgar figures. David Brudnak, 33, was also ordered to pay an additional 82,000 koruna by the Prague court for...
- Research articles 2008-05-21
- Local briefs: Pensioner hurt
- A 70-YEAR-OLD man was badly hurt in a road accident at Aspley. The pedestrian was in collision with a Fiat Uno on Wakefield Road near its junction with Firth Street at 4pm on Friday. He suffered a broken right shoulder, a head injury and cuts and bruises. At first police...
- Research articles 2008-05-12
- Border fence still faces challenges
- WASHINGTON -- At a cost of up to $4 million per mile, the concrete and steel fence rising along the Southwest border constitutes one of the most ambitious public works projects in years, encompassing legions of federal bureaucrats and a lineup of blue-ribbon contractors. ...
- Research articles 2008-04-27
- University of Utah student compiles report on skybridges
- Kathleen Hill hadn't paid much attention to plans for City Creek Center until a little more than a year ago when she saw a model of the LDS Church's proposed two-block downtown development at City Hall. "I was horrified," Hill said. "I couldn't believe there was even consideration...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Appointments to Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Advisory Council.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-18 February 2008-US Department of Transport: U.S. Department of Transportation Announces Appointments to Intelligent Transportation Systems ITS Advisory Council.C1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:15022008 The U.S. Department of Transportations Research and Innovative Technology Administration has announced the selection...
- Research articles 2008-02-18
- Pedestrian trying to beat train killed in San Leandro
- SAN LEANDRO -- A pedestrian, who a witness said was trying to race across the tracks, was struck and killed by a northbound Capitol Corridor train on Hesperian Boulevard last night, police said. The victim, a black male adult whose identity has not been released pending notification of...
- Research articles 2008-02-08
- Letters
- CROSSWALK ACCIDENT If motorists would slow down, no 'plan' would be needed I am writing in response to the Nov. 14 article "Walking the line every day" in The Gazette. I found the opinion of Colorado College students to be underrepresented....
- Research articles 2007-11-20
- Automakers weigh risks to walkers
- Automakers are increasingly adding safety features to U.S. models to reduce the chance of injury or death to pedestrians if they are hit by one of their cars. The efforts have been spurred by regulations in Japan and Europe, where pedestrian injuries and deaths in car...
- Research articles 2007-10-25
- Boxing: Khan cleared of dangerous driving
- LONDON AFP — British boxer Amir Khan was cleared Tuesday of dangerous driving over an accident last year which left a pedestrian with a broken leg. Khan, 20, hit 55-year-old Geoffrey Hatton in his BMW convertible on March 2 last year in the town centre of Bolton, north-west England....
- Research articles 2007-10-23
- Azure's GBP15m funding boost.
- Azure Dynamics has raised funds in an attempt to accelerate its previously pedestrian progress Graeme Davies Electric vehicle specialist Azure Dynamics has completed a C$30m (GBP15.1m) fundraising to help fund product development and marketing. Azure has a deal with Ford for urban delivery vans...
- Research articles 2007-10-23
- Research and Markets: Euro NCAP Combined With Government Legislation Drives Demand for Pedestrian Safety Systems
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c67289) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: European Markets for Power Semiconductors in Passenger Cars to their offering. Increasing Pedestrian Fatalities Hiking Demand for Pedestrian Safety Systems Pedestrian safety is a crucial issue to governments and vehicle manufacturers...
- Research articles 2007-09-04
- Forum hashes street mobility
- Pounding repeatedly on the crosswalk button at an intersection instead of just pushing it once may actually cause the traffic signal to skip the pedestrian cycle altogether, thanks to the work of traffic engineers with a bit of an attitude. That tidbit, from UDOT transportation planner Tim Boschert,...
- Research articles 2007-08-24
- Daly City looks at slowing speeders
- DALY CITY -- Speeders who drive up and down Mission Street could potentially have to ease up on the gas. During a study session Monday, the City Council discussed lowering the speed limit on the artery to protect pedestrians from drivers who exceed the speed limit. ...
- Research articles 2007-08-08
- City, Caltrans not taking safety for granted
- The city received a $445,500 grant from the California Department of Transportation for safety improvements at the North County Transit District bus stop at the intersection of West Vista Way and Grapevine Road. The project consists of building a concrete protection barrier around the bus stop to shield riders and...
- Research articles 2007-07-23
- Day Laborer Sites
- Day laborers are people who gather in public places to seek manual labor jobs, such as construction, gardening, landscaping, and farming, for predetermined wages. Issues that arise at such sites relate to parking and traffic problems, loitering, littering, destruction and defacing of property, injuries, and harassment of pedestrians, as well...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
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