Road Safety from a global perspective is modelled and reported on in the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) research report, Road Safety: Modelling a Global Phenomenon (2014). Whilst the research report focuses on motorised road safety and hence vulnerable road users, cyclists and pedestrians don’t […]
Archive | February, 2014
Road Deaths – January 2014 – When will it get better for cyclists?
The Department of Infrastructure and Transport’s Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics publishes monthly, a summary report on road deaths in Australia. This issue is dated January 2014 and hence provides a monthly overview and a start to the new year, sadly not a good start to the year overall. The full summary report […]
Fly6 Bicycle Rear HD Camera & Tail Light: A Recumbent Rider’s View
The Fly6 Bicycle Rear HD Camera and Tail Light by Fly Lites is a combination 720 HD x 30 FPS high-definition video camera packaged up with a flashing rear tail-light designed for mounting on the seat post of bicycles. This review is of a 5th generation advanced prototype of the Fly6 and was provided by […]
Gateway WA Project – Road Closures Impacting Cyclists
Mainroads WA have advised that ongoing and intermittently from February 17 to March, 2014 (that is sometime in March I guess) number of closures and changed traffic conditions will be in place over the coming months to facilitate works for the Gateway WA Project which will impact on cyclists and pedestrians. During these works, access […]
Situational Awareness: Cyclist, Driver & Motor-Cyclist On-Road Awareness
A recent Australian study, titled “Exploring schema-driven differences in situation awareness between road users: an on-road study of driver, cyclist and motorcyclist situation awareness” examines situation awareness in drivers, motorcyclists and cyclists, identifying the key differences and potential conflicts that arise. (more…)