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.
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.
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.
When pedestrian protection was assessed, not one vehicle scored more than two points, suggesting manufacturers were not designing cars with
vulnerable road users in mind.
Not exact matches
Catherine West, Labour MP for Hornsey and Wood Green, has tabled an Early Day Motion (used by MPs to publicise a particular cause and to gain support
in the Commons) calling on the government to remove
vulnerable road users from the reforms.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Speed is a critical factor
in determining injury outcome when a
vulnerable road user is hit by a car.
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.
We will continue to intensify our efforts
in the future, so as to provide the best possible safety not only for drivers and passengers
in a Mercedes - Benz, but also for more
vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists.»
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 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.
For those who live
in Michigan, you can help create that change by supporting efforts to enact a 5 - foot passing and
vulnerable road user legislation that creates enhanced penalties for drivers who injure or kill cyclists.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Road safety education in schools aims to prepare and equip this vulnerable road user group with the knowledge, skills and positive attitudes that will enable them to stay s
Road safety education
in schools aims to prepare and equip this
vulnerable road user group with the knowledge, skills and positive attitudes that will enable them to stay s
road user group with the knowledge, skills and positive attitudes that will enable them to stay safe.