Sentences with phrase «with vulnerable road users»

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.

British Cycling has been working with the Vulnerable Road Users Group to seek to remove vulnerable road users from the reforms on the basis that they should be protected rather than penalised.

Not exact matches

Despite opposition the government is pressing ahead with its reforms, which are unfair to vulnerable road users such as cyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists and horse riders who rarely sustain the whiplash - type injuries being targeted.

These funds will be directly invested by the charity into future campaigns designed to make the roads safer for the UK's most vulnerable users, and used to support their work with families and individuals devastated by road crashes.

As well as assessing how well cars protect their occupants, Euro NCAP tests how well they protect those vulnerable road users — pedestrians and cyclists — with whom they might collide.

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.

Vulnerable Road Users (VRU) are defined as non-motorised road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists as well as motor - cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientatRoad Users (VRU) are defined as non-motorised road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists as well as motor - cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientaUsers (VRU) are defined as non-motorised road users, such as pedestrians and cyclists as well as motor - cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientatroad users, such as pedestrians and cyclists as well as motor - cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientausers, such as pedestrians and cyclists as well as motor - cyclists and persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and orientation.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Commenting on her new role, she said: «I have both worked and cycled with the RTALS team on many occasions, so greatly admire their approach and philosophy for championing vulnerable road users.

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 sRoad 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 sroad user group with the knowledge, skills and positive attitudes that will enable them to stay safe.

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.