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Motorists in New Zealand have been asked to keep an eye out for the SCRIM® road survey machine from W.D.M.Limited, WDM USA's parent company. WDM® has two SCRIM® machines, based in Wellington, which travel NZ’s state highways, mapping things like the road's skid resistance, texture, and curvature. Using that information,...

As previously published in Car and Driver, traffic safety advocates hope changing the way we talk about collisions will lead to fewer of them. When Helen Witty’s 16-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk and drugged driver, in her grief she found some comfort in a single word: crash. While most of those around her were referring...

W.D.M. Limited, WDM USA's parent company, have started the new season in New Zealand with two SCRIM® continuous measurement survey vehicles due to cover around 23,000 kms through to February 2021. The distinctive yellow trucks, which commence their programme in Hawkes Bay and Taupo, are commissioned by Waka Kohati (New Zealand Transport Agency) and have become a...

Alusine Dumbuya has joined WDM USA as Data Analyst Intern Growing up in Lanham, MD, Alusine dreamt of coming to Richmond, Virginia to pursue a Computer Engineer degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. While in school, Alusine uses his programming language and hardware skills to solve analytical problems - as a result, he’s familiar with learning to work through...

Kameron Bryant has joined WDM USA as a Data Analyst Intern! Currently, Kameron is a senior pursuing a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University and a double minor in mathematics and computer science.  He joined WDM in the fall of 2020 as a data analyst intern with the intention of using his experience with statistical data...

By Tim Potter, District Five. First glance: It looks like a big orange truck. But that truck carries a specially designed apparatus with a wheel set at a certain angle and a water spray put down in front of the wheel. As the truck cruises along, that equipment continually gathers data from pavement it rolls over. The truck and its...

Figures from the UK Department of Transport indicate that more than a quarter of the UK’s local road network have questionable skid resistance levels. The DOT’s Road Conditions in England statistics report, over the three period from 2016 to 2019, some 28% of the local road network needs further investigation. Reduced skidding resistance can mean increases in the chances...

For the first time, the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation carried out its latest round of professional review interviews remotely due to the impacts of Covid-19. Among those successful in their applications were four candidates judged to be ‘outstanding’, including Martin Eland, assistant operations manager at W.D.M. Limited, WDM USA's parent company, who achieved...