Vision zero – Making Traffic Safer

Lower speeds and infrastructure changes protect Vulnerable Road Users

Vulnerable road users (VRU) are grossly overrepresented in road safety statistics. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that close to 50% of all traffic deaths are VRUs. This means roughly 600,000 worldwide casualties per year. SWOV, the Netherlands’ Institute for Road Safety Research, defines VRUs as a group of road users that can be defined

Philip Wijers

Published: 2017-06-12

Filed under: Infrastructure Adaptation, Vision zero, VRU, Vulnerable Road Users

The benefits of automated in-vehicle traffic enforcement

The past few years have seen great interest by various governments in automated in-vehicle traffic enforcement to further increase road safety and to intensify speed enforcement extending it to all road types and all corners of the country. France, which already uses a wide portfolio of traffic enforcement technologies*, was the first country to implement

Philip Wijers

Published: 2017-03-27

Filed under: Automated Traffic Enforcement, In-vehicle, Vision zero

Speed management: Why is speed such crucial road safety issue?

1 km/h increase in mean vehicle speeds will result in a 4-5% increase in fatal crashes Reducing the average speed on a country’s road network has a huge impact on improving road safety. A 2017 report titled Managing Speed by the World Health Organisation states that “a 5% cut in average speed can result in

Philip Wijers

Published: 2017-03-23

The Automated Enforcement Chain

The Automated Traffic Enforcement Chain Automated Traffic Enforcement works best when the driving public is given the perception that they can be checked for traffic violations anytime, anywhere. Moreover, the violator should be promptly notified of a violation. The punishment, which mostly includes the payment of a fine, needs to be paid quickly and is

Philip Wijers

Published: 2017-03-15