Boylan Traffic Solutions Specials and News
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December 2009
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BG800 - a life-saving product
Motorist survives horror accident
Working in an industry where you help to save lives is
immensely satisfying.
The team at Boylan Traffic Solutions breathed a collective sigh of
relief recently when a motorist walked away without a scratch after his vehicle
collided at high speed with a BTS barrier on Sydney's F3 motorway.
Luckily for the
motorist, the barrier in question was the BarrierGuard 800 - the highest-rating
product of its kind in Australia.
BTS national operations manager Wayne Duckworth said that while
the motorist walked away uninjured, the same couldn't be said for his car.
``Without the BG800's Absorb 350 cushion end, it's highly
probable the driver would have been very seriously injured or even killed,'' he
said.
Watch a live crash test of the BarrierGuard 800 |
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BTS news - in this issue:
- Inter-active road safety game for kids
- Speed key factor in roadwork zone injuries
- Star debut at the Sydney Safety Show
Peter Boylan
Neil Crompton
BTS TEAM SAFETY
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Inter-active road safety game for children
Serious message ... Rule Smartz for Kidz is a fun online game for children
Teaching children about road safety is one of the most
important things you can do for them.
The NRMA has made it easier with a clever
on-line interactive game that will keep them amused while instilling some very
important lessons.
Rule Smartz for Kidz puts children in dangerous situations
in the virtual world and asks them to make decisions about their course of
action. They are then scored on their road safety skills and reminded of where
they went wrong if some of the decisions they made were less than desirable.
It's a fun way for all the family to learn some important lessons.
Click to access the game
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Speed key factor in roadwork zone injuries
Above:
SpeedCheck signs are a common sight at
roadworks in the US
A roadworker safety hotline in Queensland has
highlighted the critical need to curb speed at roadwork sites.
The hotline, open to Main Roads and
Transport staff to report incidents, has received 82 calls this year, and
authorities fear there will be more fatalities after increasing reports of
dangerous driving.
The alarming number of incidents has
prompted Main Roads Minister Craig Wallace to issue a warning to motorists to
slow down.
Earlier this year, a traffic controller,
Murray Goodrich, 48, of Deception
Bay, was struck and
killed when a speeding driver ignored signs on the Bruce Highway.
Police later charged a 27-year-old man with
manslaughter.
Mr Wallace said it was disturbing that some
of the latest incidents even involved professional drivers.
``Roadworkers have witnessed truck drivers
and bus drivers speeding and ignoring traffic directions,'' he said.
Mr Wallace said statistics showed there
were 71 casualties in Queensland
as a result of crashes at roadworks between 2005-08.
Boylan Traffic Solutions national
operations manager Wayne Duckworth said in the US, it was common practice for
portable speed advisory signs to be set up at roadworks.
``Speed advisory technology used to be very
expensive but now there are lightweight, low-cost options available that can be
easily transported to a site and set up in minutes,'' Mr Duckworth said.
SpeedCheck records and flashes the speed a
driver is travelling at, then switches to ``Slow Down'' if the driver has
exceeded the speed limit.
It recognises varying time zone speeds,
including school holidays, and collects data on individual vehicles by date,
time, and speed of the vehicle.
Details: 1800 300 200 or email
info@boylan.net.au
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