road safety

Thursday, September 24

Call to cut city speed limit to 40km/h

New data showing nearly a fifth of the state’s collisions involving pedestrians occur in the Adelaide City Council area have prompted a call to reduce the city’s default speed limit to 40km/h.

Speed trap: Govt caught between lowering and raising limits

The State Government is standing by its vow to lift speed limits on a selection of country roads, despite a soaring road toll and the impending development of a new road safety strategy which will consider doing the opposite.

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Cyclists 'less than fully human' to many motorists: pilot study

An Australian study seeking to unravel aggressive behaviour towards cyclists on the roads has found that more than half of non-cyclists view cyclists as “less than fully human”.