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Thursday, June 20, 2024
La moto está cada vez más presente en nuestras estadísticas de siniestralidad y debemos lograr tendencias sólidas que nos encaminen hacia el objetivo de cero víctimas. Los usuarios vulnerables y en concreto los motoristas, deben convertirse en uno de los principales objetivos de mejora de la seguridad vial a nivel global. Está demostrado que, para reducir el número de víctimas motoristas, necesitamos un enfoque específico que vaya más allá del enfoque tradicionalista que se ha aplicado en el desarrollo de las políticas de seguridad vial.
Con esta conferencia internacional hemos pretendido identificar esas buenas prácticas utilizando el enfoque del sistema seguro (vehículos más seguros, infraestructuras más seguras, usuarios más seguros y políticas integradoras), ya que para solucionar los retos que presenta la siniestralidad de la motocicleta es necesario aplicar un enfoque integral.
Asimismo, durante la Conferencia organizamos la exposición MotoTech donde se expusieron los últimos avances tecnológicos en materia de seguridad tanto en motocicletas como en equipamiento. El objetivo de la exposición era paliar el desconocimiento que hay entre los usuarios en relación a lo último en materia de seguridad para motocicletas y equipamiento para motoristas.
Con esta conferencia internacional hemos pretendido identificar esas buenas prácticas utilizando el enfoque del sistema seguro (vehículos más seguros, infraestructuras más seguras, usuarios más seguros y políticas integradoras), ya que para solucionar los retos que presenta la siniestralidad de la motocicleta es necesario aplicar un enfoque integral.
Asimismo, durante la Conferencia organizamos la exposición MotoTech donde se expusieron los últimos avances tecnológicos en materia de seguridad tanto en motocicletas como en equipamiento. El objetivo de la exposición era paliar el desconocimiento que hay entre los usuarios en relación a lo último en materia de seguridad para motocicletas y equipamiento para motoristas.
Thursday, June 20, 2024
The safety and interaction of cyclists during infrastructure conservation and repair works are significantly impacted by changes made, potentially leading to new conflicts between cyclist traffic and vehicles.
The BIKEFLOW project's objective is to enhance cyclist safety in critical areas identified within modified sections during ongoing conservation efforts. By employing video analytics and Artificial Intelligence, we can examine the movements and potential interactions of cyclists and vehicles. This technology utilizes video analysis to forecast safety levels before incidents happen, enabling the identification of vehicles, routes, and speeds, with the capability to present data in real-time or upon request. In light of these analyses, permanent cameras have been installed at the junction of N-110 and N-502 to conduct surrogate safety assessments. This involves applying various configurations to the route to analyze the behavior of road users (both vehicles and cyclists) and to train an AI model that determines the most suitable layout configuration. The findings are then applied to adjust signage, lower speed limits, establish protected lanes at critical junctures, or modify paths as necessary.
The BIKEFLOW project's objective is to enhance cyclist safety in critical areas identified within modified sections during ongoing conservation efforts. By employing video analytics and Artificial Intelligence, we can examine the movements and potential interactions of cyclists and vehicles. This technology utilizes video analysis to forecast safety levels before incidents happen, enabling the identification of vehicles, routes, and speeds, with the capability to present data in real-time or upon request. In light of these analyses, permanent cameras have been installed at the junction of N-110 and N-502 to conduct surrogate safety assessments. This involves applying various configurations to the route to analyze the behavior of road users (both vehicles and cyclists) and to train an AI model that determines the most suitable layout configuration. The findings are then applied to adjust signage, lower speed limits, establish protected lanes at critical junctures, or modify paths as necessary.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Between 2018 and 2022 there where 93 fatalities and 894 serious injury collisions in Irish roads which involved motorcyclists. No specific road safety programme aimed at motorcyclists existed at that time. It was identified that the vast majority of these collisions occurred over the Summer months and almost 50% at weekends and many involved leisure riders or those retuning to motorcycling. Ireland has a large number of rural roads, ideal for leisure riding but this also increases risk through road topography and additional hazards which adversely impact motorcycle safety compared to other road users.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Asociatia Drum Sigur analyzed and researched the following design errors:
- incorrect use of signs for yielding priority in intersections (Give Way and Stop signs) (error found in most countries of the world)
- the formulas used to calculate the length of acceleration/deceleration lanes at road junctions are incorrect (they do not take into account the impact of heavy vehicle traffic, as well as the volume of traffic flows) (error found worldwide)
- the use of staggered pedestrian crossings at traffic lighted intersections has negative effects on pedestrian traffic in most cases. (case analysis for all the staggered pedestrian crossings in Bucharest)
- identification of design and execution errors for T-type intersections, roundabouts, turbo-roundabouts or interchanges in some cities in Romania.
- analyzing some design errors on certain streets in Bucharest and proposing measures to improve road safety and traffic flow.
- incorrect use of signs for yielding priority in intersections (Give Way and Stop signs) (error found in most countries of the world)
- the formulas used to calculate the length of acceleration/deceleration lanes at road junctions are incorrect (they do not take into account the impact of heavy vehicle traffic, as well as the volume of traffic flows) (error found worldwide)
- the use of staggered pedestrian crossings at traffic lighted intersections has negative effects on pedestrian traffic in most cases. (case analysis for all the staggered pedestrian crossings in Bucharest)
- identification of design and execution errors for T-type intersections, roundabouts, turbo-roundabouts or interchanges in some cities in Romania.
- analyzing some design errors on certain streets in Bucharest and proposing measures to improve road safety and traffic flow.
Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Met de Alliantie Stop Verkeersongevallen geven wij gratis trainingen aan kwetsbare doelgroepen zoals kinderen (10-14 jaar), senioren en fietsers/e-bikers. Met deze gratis trainingen willen wij zorgen dat de doelgroepen en onze klanten (bestuurders van zowel grote als kleine voertuigen) beter op elkaar ingespeeld zijn en willen wij de verkeersongevallen met 10.000 gevallen naar beneden brengen.