Officers working as part of the US Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CSVA) Operation Safe Driver pulled over 74,765 during the weeklong enforcement blitz in October, nearly three times the 2012 figure, the group said.
Of those, 29,048 drivers were in trucks or buses, while the rest were in passenger vehicles, CVSA said in a statement on 9 January.
Car drivers were cited or warned for speeding 56 per cent of the time they were pulled over during the enforcement effort, compared with just 7.3 per ce
The Arbella Insurance Group (Arbella) and Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT) have launched a driving app for all residents of Massachusetts and Connecticut with the intention of changing driver behaviour and improving safety through real-time feedback, personalised data and insights and gamification. Called Wheel Focused, it provides feedback on rapid acceleration, hard braking, sharp turns, speeding and phone distraction while logging trips and presenting feedback after the journey is completed. Wheel
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has released a training programme, produced by Videotel to encourage safe navigation in the Singapore Strait. Carrying an estimated one third of the world’s traded goods, the Singapore Strait is one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
Aimed at experienced ship masters and bridge teams, Safe Passage in the Singapore Strait is a three-part training package of two full-length videos and an interactive computer-based module. The programme is being distri
Transpo will be highlighting its Color-Safe pavement marking system at Intertraffic. The company claims the product is the most cost-effective, high-definition colour marking on the market today and was recently used for bus lane demarcation in both New York City and Chicago.
