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Our inflatable zebra crossing, which we designed to help schools campaign for safe crossings, came to the aid of different community group this week when it travelled to a retirement complex in Stapleford. Carpenters Court offers 48 dwellings for older folk and is situated next to a busy road. As part of the original plans, £40,000 was paid...

If you are unlucky to suffer a car breakdown, common sense dictates that you switch on your vehicle's hazard lights before getting yourself and your passengers to a place of safety while you wait for recovery. LED road flares offer an additional way of minimising the risk of your vehicle being struck by an inattentive driver. At just 10cm...

Keeping a bicycle under cover protects it from winter weather and prying eyes, but with urban areas short on garages and sheds, for many it is easier said than done. When a manufacturer of tents was challenged to address the problem, the result was BikeParka – a high-quality, fitted water-proof cover for bicycles. In the way that today’s...

Bicycles perform excellently in the kind of conditions that have paralysed roads this week. Although there exists a number of accessories to adapt bikes for snowy conditions -from metal-studded tyres to full caterpillar track systems - most are gimmicks that add very little real value. 2-wheel drive Japanese bicycle manufacturer Tretta has...

Very little beats the excitement of a motorcycle trip, but how best to record the ride for posterity? Where should you mount your GOPRO on your motorcycle to get the best shots? What mounts and settings should you use? These questions and more answered in the video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qc0pDJT2as Motorcycle breakdown...

Cycling groups around the country this week have been left disappointed by the failure of their local authorities to grit cycle paths in treacherous icy conditions. While road gritting machines have been out in force, cycle paths have been neglected on grounds of cost or because they do not have the correct vehicles to complete the job. In...

Significant changes to social-economic conditions and living circumstances are the main factors behind a marked drop in car ownership among young people in the last generation, conclude academics from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) in a study for the Department for Transport. The researchers found a decline in home...

Highway 155 near Hole in Norway is no ordinary road. At night, 220 of its lamp posts operate at 20 per cent of their strength - increasing to full capacity only when radars detect approaching road users. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8eE_NEfHM Norwegian company Comlight has developed the Motion Sensing Street Lighting system to reduce...

The flamethrower-equipped bicycle above is our own tongue-in-cheek answer to the threat posed by drivers who overtake too close, but what practicable things can be done to protect cyclists? The Safer Roads Partnership and operational policing teams from both Warwickshire Police and West Mercia Police have pioneered Operation Close Pass - a...

Over 50,000 ships ply the world's oceans to carry an estimated 90 per cent of everything we buy, sell and consume. And yet shipping remains a 'hidden' polluter - the only sector of the European economy not covered by the EU’s existing emissions reduction target, which is surprising given emissions from international maritime transport have...