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Speed effects of automatic enforcement on urban streets
A recent study evaluated the effects on driving speed of automatic speed enforcement on the street network in Helsinki. Installing automatic enforcement reduced speeding and in particular the proportion of excessive speeding. There was also a reduction in the proportion of speeding overall...
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Posted in Okategoriserade, Safety, Traffic and Traffic Control
Tagged driving speed, Helsinki, speed limit
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First female crash test dummy displayed at VTI
Here they are. The world’s first average-sized female crash test dummy. And Professor Astrid Linder, a world-leading road safety researcher who spent 20 years developing the dummy. The objective is for women to have the same protection as men in a collision.
Astrid Linder and the SET50F crash...
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Greener Lighthouses
The goal of the research was to look at more environmentally friendly energy backup power solutions for Iceland´s lighthouses. The practicality of fuel cell solutions was specifically examined, but this research also investigated wind turbine utilization. This research was funded by the Icelandic...
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Posted in Energy and Fuel, Environment and Climate
Tagged fuel cell, lighthouses, solar cell, wind turbine
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Report: Variable speed limits only have benefits
Good compliance, less environmental impact and better road safety. The same journey times on average, but fewer very long queues. A variable speed limit trial has shown a number of benefits – and actually no disadvantages. “This method should be used more,” says the researcher responsible...
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EU project on AI and machine learning
AI and machine learning in the form of feedback and student-adapted simulator training can be a good help in maritime education. VTI is involved in the four-year EU project i-MASTER, Integrating Adaptive Learning in Maritime Simulator-Based Education and Training with Intelligent Learning...
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