#roadsafety

Drivers ignoring roadwork closures to skip queues 'wilfully putting lives at risk' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/18/drivers-roadwork-closures-skip-queues-national-highways-england #WorldNews #RoadSafety #UKNews

@26pglt@mastodon.au I mostly agree. There is quite a lot that can be done to make our roads safer and to teach driving to much better standards. I don’t want to make this a long toot (it’s a habit I have) and if there is intertest out there I am happy to carry on with this conversation. One beef I have is you: ”There’s lots of bad drivers out there, esp among those who’ve been driving for ages.” This is really not helpful and easily falsifiable given the large amount of *variables* and *circumstances* which lead to kind of statistics collected as evidence. I could just as easily assert that P platers are the worst #drivers on the road and might even cite some stats to back it up. But #stats are only as good as the #assumptions on which they are based. I consider the level of #DrivingSchool instructions to be awfully bad. For example, take a look at the differences between a young adult undergoing instruction for their #motorcycle licence against another going through driving school for a #car licence (NOTE: This is in #Australia, I don’t know about other countries). One will be better at #Roadcraft then the other when there should be no difference. #RoadSafety #DriverCompetencies #DrivingLicence #RidingLicence #DrivingStandards #DriverTraining #LicenceRequirements #Testing #RoadStats

Drivers fleeing from police are a concern across P.E.I. Here’s how officers track them down Drivers fleeing from traffic stops remain a serious concern across Prince Edward Island, multiple police agencies in the province say. Kensington Chief Landon Yuill says his department has seen a recent jump in people refusing to stop.

Brake for snakes: Strathcona County hopes to prevent garter snake deaths on rural road Strathcona County is implementing new measures to protect plains garter snakes from vehicle traffic. The move comes after more than 1,000 snake deaths were reported in recent years along a seven-kilometre stretch of Range Road 210, between Township Road 530 and Wye Road heading south.

How headlights got brighter, whiter, and more blinding after dark Excerpt: "Older halogen setups, particularly the reflector housings common through the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, produced a comparatively soft, warm beam with limited reach. They were inefficient, generated excessive heat, and scattered light somewhat indiscriminately. But they tended to fail gracefully. Visibility wasn’t exceptional, but neither was the likelihood of accidentally assaulting an oncoming driver’s eyes. "Modern systems have an entirely different engineering goal. LEDs consume less power, last far longer, and can emit vastly more light from a much smaller package. Their compactness allows designers to create thinner headlights and more aggressive front-end styling, but it also means the light source itself becomes intensely concentrated. Automakers have additionally shifted toward cooler color temperatures—closer to daylight white than the yellowish glow of old halogens—because we perceive these wavelengths as sharper and more detailed at night. "The downside is that blue-white light also produces more glare and discomfort, especially in rain or on poorly marked roads. Add in the current #SUV and #PickupTruck boom, where headlights are mounted higher off the ground than on older sedans, and even correctly aimed low beams can shine directly into the eyeline of drivers in smaller vehicles. "Then there’s the escalation effect. Modern vehicles are heavier, faster, quieter, and packed with driver-assistance systems that encourage confident nighttime driving at highway speeds [and encourage drivers to STOP paying attention]. To support that, manufacturers continuously increase forward illumination distance and beam intensity. "Adaptive matrix headlights, which can selectively dim portions of the beam to avoid dazzling other drivers while maintaining maximum illumination elsewhere, are theoretically the technological solution to the problem. In practice, though, adoption remains inconsistent, regulations vary by country, and many vehicles still rely on brute-force brightness rather than precision. The result is that nighttime driving increasingly feels less like navigating through darkness and more like surviving a rolling photonics demonstration from the consumer electronics industry. "According to 2019 to 2023 Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data, 46,154 fatalities on US roads were due to crashes at night and in non-lit areas. 446 were due to glare impeding the driver’s vision." https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/how-headlights-got-brighter-whiter-and-more-blinding-after-dark/ #BanBrightHeadlights #BanSUVs #LightPollution #RoadSafety

via @samtranum@mastodon.ie in the @dublininquirer@mastodon.ie mailing list: Working with Brian Rogers, of the UCD Spatial Dynamics Lab, Dublin Inquirer's Collision Tracker has recently been updated: https://www.collisiontracker.ie/?ref=mastodon It now includes not only hazards, near misses, and collisions reported by users, but also years of data from the Road Safety Authority. #Rothar #MastoDaoine #Dublin #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #BikeTooter #Cycling #Statistics #Data #DublinInquirer #CollisionTracker

Child pedestrian deaths are almost five times higher in England's worst-off areas https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/30/child-pedestrian-deaths-five-times-higher-england-worst-off-areas #WorldNews #Inequality #RoadSafety

Good morning - mostly to my poor head, that's completely melted with all the ill-informed and unhinged discussion from politicians and others about ✅ hi viz ✅ helmets ✅ road safety without a single solitary mention of car drivers. Jesus wept. #MastoDaoine #RoadViolence #RoadSafety

#cycling #Atlanta #RoadSafety “one driver essentially used the concrete separator to execute a skateboard-style grind with their sedan” “the #infrastructure isn’t the problem—motorists simply need to pay better attention and stay in their designated lanes” “While a car climbing a concrete divider looks like an #infrastructure failure, it is actually the barrier successfully absorbing an impact that otherwise would have struck whoever was riding in the #bikelane”

A year with zero deaths on its streets: How #Helsinki became a world reference for #roadsafety | Euronews

A timely safety reminder from Natalie Horberg 🤔 #roadsafety #drivinglaw

@dangillmor@mastodon.social TBH, I'd consider any Cyclist poppin' 9x19mm +P+ SJHP (regular 9mm.won't go through tires) into any of those shit vehicles' tires an act of "self & mutual defense" against murder by car… Or just place Calthrops on the markings if not sprinkle them before said cars. #Sarcasm #Commentary #NotLegalAdvice #Waymo #CarBrain #CarCentrism #cycling #safety #RoadSafety

Waymo, a Google-owned company, which officially launched its self-driving taxi fleet in London earlier this month, has told cycling campaigners that it is “normal practice” for their taxis to veer into and block cycle lanes #cycling #roadSafety

More good news for the shortest day In July Helsinki marked an entire year without a single traffic death. The Finnish capital, which has a population of 690,000, achieved the feat through lower speed limits, improved street design and investing in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure. More than half of Helsinki’s streets have a speed limit of 30km/h (18-19mph) and roads have been narrowed with trees. #RoadSafety #Helsinki #Finland #GoodNews