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Active Driving Style Reduces Risk of ATV Rollover

Posted on December 2, 2016 by nradmin
According to earlier research, rollovers are a type of accident that often has severe consequences for ATV drivers. A recently published VTI study demonstrates that an active driving style is needed to drive an ATV safely, but that the requisite training is currently lacking. Researchers at the...

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Motorcycle Safety – Updated Knowledge

Posted on December 2, 2016 by nradmin
Among the most important risk factors for motorcyclists are high speed and young riders, while drunk riding is not a common problem. A new report contains updated versions of five chapters of the Handbook of Road Safety Measures about motorcycle safety. Literature studies were conducted with a...

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Research Station with a Focus On the Environment

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin
There is only one permanent environmental and road research station in Sweden, situated on the E18 motorway between Västerås and Enköping. VTI is now taking over as the new research coordinator for the station. “Here we can follow up on the various types of environmental effects that...

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15 Types of Countermeasures for use in Fatigue Risk Management

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin
Increased safety in land- and sea-based transport can be achieved if more employers manage the risks related to operator fatigue. An effective way to do this is to select and apply a number of countermeasures to manage fatigue along a risk trajectory, beginning with the nature and timing of work...

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Bringing Together Nordic Expertise in Cooperation on Road Dust

Posted on September 16, 2016 by nradmin
Road dust can be cleaned up or bound to the road surface, but more knowledge is needed to determine which approach is more effective. Project Nordust is consequently starting as a Nordic cooperative initiative in which researchers from Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and Norway will work together to...

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