Roadside safety messages increase crashes by distracting drivers
Behavioural interventions involve gently suggesting that people reconsider or change specific undesirable behaviours. They are a low-cost, easy-to-implement and increasingly...
Road Accident
Here’s what happens the day after the clocks change
Society has a love/hate relationship with daylight-saving time changes. At this time of year, many of us delight in the...
No, Americans shouldn’t fear traveling abroad
As summer travel season begins, friends and relatives have asked me if it’s safe to travel outside the U.S. I...
Self-driving cars will not fix our transportation woes
It’s 2035, and you’re going to a movie. As you walk out the door, you reach for your phone instead...
Who’s to blame when a self-driving car has an accident?
With self-driving cars gaining traction in today’s automobile landscape, the issue of legal liability in the case of an accident...
Excessive mortality of young adults: a natural trait?
The risk of death is high at birth and during the first years of life, but it decreases through childhood...
There’s little to gain and much to lose from lowering the minimum driving age
Victoria is currently the only Australian state where the earliest opportunity for unsupervised driving is 18. The minimum age is...
Speeding is more common among people regularly exposed to content encouraging speeding
Speeding is more common among people regularly exposed to material encouraging speeding, our new study suggests. Our research, published in...
Tailgating is stressful and dangerous. Our research examines ways it might be stopped
We’ve all been there (and perhaps even done it): a quick glance in the rear-view mirror shows the car behind...
Highway Code changes: what they mean and why they probably aren’t enough to change behaviour
In urban areas, pedestrians and cycle users are particularly at risk on the roads. In inner London between 2013 and...
