The A254 between the junction with A28 in Margate and the junction with the A255 near Ramsgate is the UK’s riskiest road, according to an interactive Dangerous Road Map.
There were 26 fatal and serious crashes per billion vehicle kilometres on this road, say motor insurer Ageas and the Road Safety Foundation (RSF).
Both organisations are now calling on an immediate investment from the UK government of £75 million, and the same amount annually for five years thereafter to improve the country’s riskiest
Fully driverless cars will enter the UK in three to four years, says transport secretary Chris Grayling at the Conservative Party conference in the city of Birmingham.
A report by Reuters says Grayling is committed to ending the sale of new diesel and petrol cars by 2040.
“Newer diesel cars today are cleaner than ever before and of course there will be a role for diesel for many years to come as technology evolves,” Grayling adds.
However, OpenText has carried out a survey of 2,000 UK consumers,
Transport companies are under concerted attack from hackers, according to security specialist Irdeto – and most don’t know how to respond.
New research from the group says that 77% of organisations in transport and automotive have experienced an Internet of Things (IoT)-focused cyberattack in the past year – but only 6% “have what they need to combat cyberattacks”.
The survey of 225 companies in China, Germany, Japan, UK and US found that the incursions had an impact on 91% of those which experience
Software company Renovo has launched a data management platform to aid the development of autonomous and advanced driver assistance systems products.
Speaking at the TaaS (Transportation as a Service) Conference in the UK city of Birmingham this week, Dennis Hamann, head of Europe at Renovo, says the Insight platform is targeted at the developers and data scientists in charge of “bringing these fleets to fruition”.
“There's benefits of faster access to AV data, minimal error rates, complete traceabi
