In 1976 Professor Harry Hurt conducted a motorcycle safety study in the USA at the bequest of the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The study, called Motorcycle Accident Cause Factors and Identification of Countermeasures, Volume 1: Technical…
Your job as a driving instructor could be slowly causing you illness and injury which may restrict your ability to earn money. The risks that taxi, bus and truck drivers are exposed to are well-known, but they are not published…
The Institute of Advanced Motorists in the UK recently surveyed 700 motorcyclists to find out their experience of buying protective clothing. 90% of riders say they ride with protective clothing all the time, but 43% of them said that the…
The gradual increase in traffic and competitiveness of the transport sector has increased the stress that professional drivers have to deal with on a daily basis over the last few decades. Traffic pollution adds other health concerns to an occupation…
With over 700,000 miles (1.13 million kilometres) of test driving on the roads around Mountain View, California, Google’s autonomous car is not intelligent enough to recognise a cyclist’s hand signal and to navigate through roadworks. While it’s fairly straightforward for…
When one vehicle follows another at a distance that is so close that the vehicle behind couldn’t stop if the vehicle in front stops, this is tailgating. It’s the leading cause of nose-to-tail accidents worldwide. Many drivers tailgate so frequently…
Roads and Maritime has a convenient booklet for learner drivers that explains the top 10 misunderstood road rules. Unsurprisingly roundabouts, signalling, lane discipline and following distances make up a good chunk of the guide. As R&M provides questions in the…
