Industry round up

摘要

The Federation of Planning Contractors has developed a Safeplane award for contractors who comply with its safety standards. Firms will be subject to twice yearly independent audit. Roads should be made more forgiving to novice drivers' mistakes by investing in skid resistant surfaces, crash barriers and removing potentially lethal roadside objects, according to a new report from the Institute of Advanced Motorists' Motoring Trust Road safety researcher, Jean Hopkin, says that under-25s make up just 95% of all driving licence holders but are involved in almost a quarter of all crashes that cause death and injury. Young drivers are more likely than older drivers to have crashes when there are more than three people in the car, on Friday and Saturday nights, on rural C or unclassified roads, in single vehicle crashes involving no other road user, and running off the road and hitting a roadside object.