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| Boylan Traffic Solutions News |
March 2009
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In this issue:
- Industry heads meet at Australian Roads Summit
- BarrierGuard 800 deployment a NSW first
- Towards Zero: WA's bold new road safety strategy
- The worst cars of all time - flashback to 1899
Hats off to WA pollies for Towards Zero strategy
The Towards Zero road safety initiative announced in WA Parliament earlier this month is a bold move aimed at achieving the seemingly unachievable: zero road deaths on the state's roads.
Impossible, the sceptics will say. Well, yes, it is a big ask - but, no, it's not impossible.
In the early days of flight, travelling by air was a risky business. Now, it's 40 times safer than driving a car (US Federal Aviation Administration data). This giant leap in aviation safety has been achieved by improvements in technology, training and human systems.
An airline crash makes headline news around the world, yet we accept car accidents as an inevitable consequence of travelling on the roads.
Until we alter this mindset, our families, friends and loved ones continue to be at risk.
Thankfully, the WA Government has the foresight to see that change is possible.
Safe motoring!
Peter Boylan
Neil Crompton
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Industry heads meet at Australian Roads Summit
Impact of global financial crisis dominates talks
Above: The BTS performance car took centre stage at the recent Australian Roads Summit
The 5th Australian Roads Summit in Brisbane recently was attended by a veritable ``who's who'' of politicians and industry leaders from the roads, transport and construction sector.
Keynote speakers included Queensland's Minister for Main Roads, Warren Pitt; Victoria's Minister for Roads and Ports, Tim Pallas; and Western Australia's Transport Minister Simon O'Brien. Topics were wide ranging and included a lively panel discussion on the impact of the current financial crisis on roads projects.
The Boylan Traffic Solutions race car held centre stage at the conference with BTS managing director and performance car driver Peter Boylan on hand to answer questions about his motor racing career.
The conference also afforded BTS the opportunity to showcase its cutting-edge BarrierGuard 800 road safety barrier at a special pre-lunch presentation.
Winners of the BTS Hot Lap competition will be notified as soon as track dates are finalised!
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BarrierGuard 800 deployment a NSW first
State-of-the-art design features impress
Above: The BG 800 will be a familiar sight on the F3 for some months to come
The first NSW deployment of the groundbreaking BarrierGuard 800 road safety barrier took place earlier this month.
The brand new prefabricated steel sections were put in place during a night-time operation on the F3 motorway north of Mt White.
A second deployment of the barrier was made two weeks later on a section of the road near the Gosford turnoff.
The BG 800 provides levels of safety that have not previously been considered either practical or economically viable.
It is the only temporary steel barrier in the world to meet the requirements of the standard NCHRP 350 (Test Level 4) and EN 1317-2 (Containment Levels N2 and H2).
BTS national operations manager Wayne Duckworth said RTA staff were impressed by the product's design features and ease of deployment.
``Best of all, they have confidence the product will offer RTA workers the protection they need,'' Mr Duckworth said.
He said the BG800 would be a common sight on the F3 for some months to come, with sections being ``leapfrogged'' along 16 different locations as work progresses between Mt White and Wyong .
Boylan Traffic Solutions is the sole Australian distributor of the BG800. Details: 1800 300 200.
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Worst 50 cars of all time
An invention designed to charm
 Time Magazine has published a list of the 50 worst cars of all time, which makes for some interesting reading.
Topping the list is the Horsey Horseless, the 1899 brainchild of US inventor Uriah Smith. The Horsey was intended to soothe the skittish nerves of our equine charges. A wooden horse head was attached to the front of the chassis to make it resemble a horse and carriage. Smith recommended the horse head be hollow to contain fuel -not the safest design feature, perhaps!
"The live horse would be thinking of another horse," said Smith, "and before he could discover his error and see that he had been fooled, the strange carriage would be passed."
We'll bring you more of Time Magazine's worst-50 cars next month.
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Liza Owen
Fresh new face for BTS
Boylan Traffic Solutions warmly welcomes Liza Owen to its NSW sales team.
Liza comes with more than 10 years' experience in the sale and hire of construction and earthmoving equipment.
Born and raised in the Northern Territory, Liza started her working life in the Australian Army Reserve before moving into a top-performing career in sales.
Liza is looking forward to meeting all of BTS's NSW clients, and warmly welcomes your enquiries on 0437 300 333. | |
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Towards Zero: WA's bold new road safety initiative
A zero road toll is the target of a bold new safety strategy outlined in WA Parliament earlier this month.
Independent Chair of the Road Safety Council, Grant Dorrington, said the Towards Zero strategy set a clear aspiration and direction for WA road safety - ``that we do not accept death and serious injury as an inevitable by-product of our road system''.
"It challenges us to strive for zero deaths and serious injuries on our roads,'' Mr Dorrington said.
He said very few jurisdictions in Australia and around the world could have escalated road safety to such a level where MPs from all sides of politics had united in a bold long-term aspiration for road safety.
Mr Dorrington said over the last three years, more than 600 people had died on WA roads and about 3000 people had been left seriously injured.
He said the strategy could potentially save 11,000 people from death or serious injury over a period of 12 years.
"New initiatives that are currently progressing - such as the review of speed enforcement, the promotion of safer vehicles, road improvement projects and changes to improve novice driver safety - are consistent with the direction of the new road safety strategy for WA."
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couldn't be avoided ...
Shortly after Volvo showed off its new City Safety crash-avoidance system to Australian motoring journalists , there was an embarrassing reminder that cars are still far from smash-proof, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.
Driving the new XC60, one writer crashed into another, causing minor damage. Volvo says the crash was offset and on an angle, so outside the boundaries of the system's lasers, which detect a rear-end crash, apply the brakes and - hopefully - avoid minor traffic bingles.
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