Tag Archives: safety

Flare has introduced its latest feature Live Share, aimed at increasing the safety of family and friends. Flare said it’s made it easier and faster for users to stay safe by sharing their real-time location and safety status with trusted contacts. “So, the next time you are on a night …

Pedal Me has explained the reasons why it has banned staff riders from wearing helmets. In a Twitter thread, the pedal-powered passenger and cargo service said people that are taking risks that are sufficient that they feel they need to wear helmets are ‘not welcome to work for us’ – …

The latest changes to the Highway Code are a “hugely important step” towards making the roads safer for everyone, Cycling UK has said. The changes, which are designed to enhance safety for all road users, particularly those most at risk, are set to come into effect from 29th January. If approved …

The latest version of Flare, 4.0, is now live and available to download. Version 4.0 features the ‘best incident detection in the industry’ powered by Flare’s new SIDE ML (Serious Incident Detection Engine Machine Learning) algorithm trained on over two years worth of accident data. This allows the system to …

Terranet has unveiled its latest e-bike innovation for urban mobility, BlincBike. BlincBike is a connected e-bike product comprising a rearview monitoring system that helps cyclists avoid accidents and assist in making smarter decisions on the roads by classifying the object, reading the distance, and predicting the intention of the object. …

TfL’s ‘See their Side’ advert campaign has been paused following a backlash that accused it of ‘victim blaming’. The campaign was launched in collaboration with agency VCCP London to mark last month’s Road Safety Week. “I know there has been a lot of concern raised about the ‘see their side’ …

TfL, in partnership with London Councils and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has published a progress report that highlights the scale of the Vision Zero challenge in London and commits to new tougher measures to eliminate death and serious injury from London’s roads by 2041. New TfL research, carried out …

TfL is starting work tomorrow, Thursday 21st October, to make crossing Battersea Bridge safer, as part of its work to improve road safety in the area in line with its Vision Zero goal of eliminating death and serious injury on the road network. The work will include a new signalised …

Cycling UK has responded to the latest road casualty statistics published by the DfT, which reveal an increase in cyclist fatalities on rural A roads, with 43% more cyclists dying on these roads for every mile cycled in 2020 compared to 2019. On urban A roads, by contrast, the fatality rate …

A new scheme means 200 cyclists in Coventry can get their hands on a subsidised bike light for £10. The See.Sense bike light uses AI technology to flash brighter and faster in riskier situations, such as road junctions, roundabouts and filtering in traffic, helping to increase visibility. It retails at …