Road test success for pothole repair robot
An autonomous robot used for highway repairs has passed its first road test, filling cracks in Hertfordshire’s roads.
The county council has announced that the live trial of the prototype vehicle …Read More
Rethinking touchscreen controls: Testers call for safer car interfaces
Car manufacturers have come under pressure to reassess their reliance on touchscreen controls, due to safety concerns from some industry groups.
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) announced new …Read More
Trial of seatbelt-spying camera expanding nationwide
The trial of a revolutionary new safety camera that can detect when drivers aren’t wearing their seatbelts is set to roll out nationwide.
The cameras, which can also identify motorists using …Read More
Welsh government declares 20mph speed limit as a success
Welsh ministers boast that average road speeds have dropped by 4mph since rolling out the controversial 20mph speed limit.
Transport for Wales has been monitoring drivers’ speed on certain 20mph roads …Read More
FM Conway wins the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award
FM Conway, the leading UK infrastructure company specialising in highways, has won a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award for its ‘transformational approach to occupational road risk’.
Presented annually by Prince …Read More
Money down the pothole: Council sued over athlete accident
An athlete has sued Staffordshire County Council over a cycling accident caused by a pothole – despite the government having tightened restrictions around payouts.
Paul Higgins, a 57-year-old triathlete, was thrown …Read More
Revving up: New advice for bikers in bus lanes
Councils have been provided with new guidance on permitting motorcyclists to use bus lanes. This is the first update the Department for Transport (DfT) has made to its advice on …Read More
Aggregate Industries pave the way for carbon-negative asphalt
Aggregate Industries has finished a new Foamix cold recycled bitumen-bound material trial, which is a big step toward a ‘carbon negative’ asphalt solution.
The trial took place on the M65 slip …Read More
National Highways faces first-ever court case over motorway litter
Clean Up Britain, a celebrity-backed campaign to reduce litter is taking National Highways to court over the alleged failure to keep motorways clean.
Founded by John Read, Clean up Britain focuses …Read More
Robots for road repair: Welcoming the world’s first pothole mending robot
The tech company Robotiz3d is one step closer to testing its newly developed pothole repairing robot. The robot has been in development since 2020 and is the first Autonomous Road …Read More