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Simon

@SimonWickers

Ex Police TMO. Road Safety Consultant. No options are risk free, so base opinion on data, not perception or media headlines. Views are most definitely my own.

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Photo of a hamper with tea, biscuits and jams as well as four Mills & Boon books

ALT Photo of a hamper with tea, biscuits and jams as well as four Mills & Boon books

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A win for road safety in the EU. 👏👏👏 ETSC welcomes higher standards for automated emergency braking systems on HGVs etsc.eu/etsc-welcomes-higher… Img: @ThatchamRsrch @UNECE
A lorry approaches a dummy vehicle in a test of automated emergency braking systems.

ALT A lorry approaches a dummy vehicle in a test of automated emergency braking systems.

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It's about time this sort of incident got some airtime. If it was a smart motorway, it would be plastered all over the MSM, yet because it's not, nobody bats an eyelid. Why? Because it happened hardshoulder! @BBCNews @SkyNews @DailyMailUK @GBNEWS @itvnews hampshirelive.news/news/hamp…

Worker killed in M3 crash while recovering broken down vehicle

Police say his family are being supported by specially trained officers.

hampshirelive.news
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Greetings from a Finnish leftist! The international situation has apparently left many people in the English-speaking countries confused. I write this thread in the hopes of sharing a perspective I believe is widely if not unilaterally shared in Finland, most leftists included.
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Replying to @SimonWickers
there is one UK smart motorway that is a bus-only dynamic hard shoulder (we did it) - M90 Queensferry Crossing in Scotland. Many - inc police - predicted disaster, collisions fell by 75-80%. google.com/maps/@56.0643077,…
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Replying to @MotorwaysKill @grantshapps @NationalHways @transportgovuk
There is a sign in every single ERA. Telling you exactly what you need to do, and you don’t need to dial a number. When you pick up the handset it dials directly.
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Do you want to find out more about how smart motorways work? Do you know how to stay safe if you break down on a smart motorway? Follow the link below for further information. #RSU orlo.uk/l3DKO
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I thoroughly endorse this message.
Steve G (@SteeGee) profile pictureSteve G@SteeGee20 Feb 2022
Ride safe every time (video from TAC) teapawt.org/BiscuitUK/status/14935…
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With the recent extreme weather conditions, it's interesting to read @Motor1UK's article detailing that 'most drivers support lower motorway speed limit in wet weather'. Continue reading... ow.ly/54Z350HYBJc #fleetnews #saferroads #speedlimit
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VACANCIES: We are creating a ‘holding pool’ of suitable candidates for ‘Entry level’ Crime Scene Investigator and CSI Forensic Vehicle Examiner roles which become vacant over the next 12 months across Yorkshire and Humber. Closing date 8th March 2022: westyorkshirepolice.tal.net/…
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We really need to push for action in this. Drivers shouldn’t have to endure these conditions #RHANews #grantshapps #CharlotteV #CommonsTrans – at Harrold, England
Tom Cornwell (@TomCornwell_) profile pictureTom Cornwell@TomCornwell_18 Feb 2022
Chair of Transport Select Committee @HuwMerriman stood in "human excrement" on visit to inspect facilities. This story shows the dire need of adequate lorry parking that we will work with Government to fix: independent.co.uk/news/uk/po… @RHANews @CharlotteV @grantshapps @CommonsTrans
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Speechless. The end of female sport in front of our eyes.
Penn Swimming & Diving (@PennSwimDive) profile picturePenn Swimming & Diving@PennSwimDive17 Feb 2022
🥇🥈 Lia Thomas is the @IvyLeague champion in the 500 free. Her time of 4:37.32 is a new pool record. Catherine Buroker finishes in second. #FightOnPenn
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Nice "hello" from the first on scene. 👌🤣🤣
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Research has shown that Advanced Emergency Braking Systems – which activate brakes when a collision is detected - can save lives. I urge all HGV drivers to learn more about this technology and how to use it from @DfBBprogramme here 👇 drivingforbetterbusiness.com…

Stop Right There! Understand the Life-Saving Kit on Your HGV | Driving for Better Business

AEBS - critical life-saving equipment for HGVs Advanced Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS) have been fitted as standard to most new HGVs sold in the UK since 2015. Drivers and operators of HGVs need to...

drivingforbetterbusiness.com
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Wow itf-oecd.org/streets-fit-re-…
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Ohhhhhhh The grand old Duke of York He borrowed 12 million quid He gave it to someone He’d never ever met and for something he never did
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Interesting study into attentional failures by drivers - with more than 50% of drivers failing to look for cyclists & pedestrians before turning. Good point on changing infrastructure to improve safety. 🚘👀⚠️🚲🚶‍♀️ phys.org/news/2018-08-driver…
More than half of drivers don't look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right, study finds

More than half of drivers don't look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right, study finds

U of T Engineering researchers studied the eye movements of drivers at busy Toronto intersections and found that more than half failed to make necessary scans for pedestrians or cyclists at right...

phys.org
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A617 Temple Normanton. Ran out of fuel, thought she had enough to get to the petrol station. Big risk to take on a busy road like this. Ticket. #DriveToArrive
Image from Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit (@DerbyshireRPU)
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From today, HGV operators can add aerodynamic features to their vehicles thanks to a change in legislation, reducing fuel consumption and boosting safety for drivers🚛 Read more here👇gov.uk/government/news/hgv-o…
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