Sentences with phrase «of vulnerable road users»

The department shall include in the course curriculum instruction specifically addressing the rights of vulnerable road users as defined in s. 316.027 relative to vehicles on the roadway.

Beyond that, motorists can slow down on busy bike routes, exercise additional caution when making right turns, leave as much space as possible when passing cyclists, and generally endeavor to be more aware of vulnerable road users.

Overall, the autonomous emergency braking system performed adequately in tests of its protection of vulnerable road users, with performance ranging from good to marginal in the individual test scenarios.

An increase in the number of vulnerable road users being killed on Britain's roads shows a need for a renewed push for safety, according to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).

Not exact matches

Within these vulnerable road user groups Britain has a higher level of deaths per head — at 13 per million people — than Sweden and the Netherlands, despite no evidence of higher activity or exposure to risk.

Chris Hume, partnership manager at GoSafe, said: «Our continued focus on 20mph limits around schools is part of our commitment to safer communities, and to protect the most vulnerable road users; our children.

Vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, still account for almost half of Europe's road fatalities and bicyclists» deaths are on the rise in many countries.

Euro NCAP's First Step to Assess Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) for Vulnerable Road Users ESV 2015 Evaluation of the Euro NCAP Whiplash Protocol Using Real - World Crash Data ESV 2015

The organisation started testing the effectiveness of manufacturers» AEB systems in preventing car - to - car collisions in 2013 and is planning to extend the assessment of AEB systems for vulnerable road users to cyclists in the coming years.

For its 15th anniversary, Euro NCAP is organising an event that will focus on the availability of Autonomous Emergency Braking systems for car to car and car to vulnerable road user crashes.

The autonomous emergency braking system is also able to detect vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and performed well in Euro NCAP's tests of this functionality.

Euro NCAP started testing the effectiveness of manufacturers» AEB systems in preventing car - to - car collisions in 2013 and is planning to extend the assessment of AEB systems for vulnerable road users to cyclists in the coming years.

Not all offer electronic stability control as standard and most provide poor protection for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians in the event of a collision.»

The head and the torso of the dummy, TNO concluded after the crash, were «properly protected,» and the rigged Volvo's airbags demonstrated that vulnerable road users have a lot to gain if terms of fewer debilitating injuries and fewer deaths if cars start being equipped with external air bags.

Given that cyclists are one of the most vulnerable road users out there, and given that both hearing and balance are crucial to keeping you

The ordinance, called an act to «Protect Vulnerable Road Users,» is believed to be the first of its kind in the country, and would mandate trucks weighing over 10,000 pounds to be outfitted with side guards to help protect cyclists, keeping them from being swept underneath the wheels in what's known as a «right - hook» turn.

Nearly half of all traffic fatalities happen to these «vulnerable road users» as the WHO calls them.

Cyclists are among some of the most vulnerable road users.

Cyclists are among a group of road users that are particularly vulnerable to injury.

Cyclists are vulnerable when using Scotland's roads: while you may wear a helmet and the requisite protective gear, the risk of suffering injury is as a matter of fact significantly higher for you if you come into contact with another road user.

A pedestrian is the most vulnerable user of the roads in Pima County when involved in an auto accident.

We suggest that as in Scotland with the introduction of the Simple Court Procedure in September 20153, workers injured on duty should be excluded from the proposed new RTA small claims limit and from the scope of the Civil Liability Bill and, in our view, the same should apply to vulnerable road users.

Neither is there evidence to justify the proposed tariff or including RTAs in the course of employment or vulnerable road users in that tariff or the # 5,000 limit.

While other jurisdictions have enacted legislation to protect cyclists as «vulnerable road users», BC's laws are largely dismissive of bicycles.

It should be less of an imposition to ask that a motorist check mirrors and blind spots before lurching to the shoulder from a stop in the middle of a highway than it is to extend options to vulnerable road users like in the Ormiston case.

In a Toronto Star story on the same new laws, Brown tells the paper that the province would be well - served by the enacting of a «vulnerable road user law» that would boost penalties for drivers who seriously injure pedestrians or cyclists, regardless of which charges they ultimately face.

A pedestrian is the most vulnerable user of our roads.

According to the League of American Bicyclists, nine other states have vulnerable road user laws and 17 have laws which in some way address vulnerable road users.

Cyclists are considered some of the most vulnerable road users in British Columbia, and are particularly prone to serious injuries and fatalities when involved in a collision.

The course consists of easy - to - read sections which include information on vulnerable road users, defensive driving, drugs and alcohol, driving regulations, car maintenance, and special driving conditions.

She is passionate about the need to decrease road injury in vulnerable road users in the low and middle income countries of the region and is actively engaged in research with this aim.