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WDM USA's parent company, W.D.M. Limited has taken on three new engineering apprentices in its workshops in Bristol, UK. Lloyd Harvey, Tyler Burns and Gabriel Garner, pictured left to right, have all been offered three-year heavy goods apprenticeships based at the Company’s depot in Bristol, UK. They will all combine their training with studies at...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced nearly $3.3 million in cooperative funding agreements through the Safety Data Initiative to state, local, and tribal governments to develop and deploy innovative data tools and information to improve roadway safety. “This $3.3 million in federal funding will help these communities implement innovative ways to improve roadway safety,” said U.S. Transportation...

America’s Department of Transportation has awarded nearly US$2 million towards a research consortium investigating and developing solutions to autonomous vehicle safety and security challenges. The consortium researchers, led by Ohio State University, working with experts from the University of California, Irvine, will establish a new Tier 1 University Transportation Center focussing on the security of positioning, navigation and timing...

WDM USA has launched a new series of live webinars to help deliver safer roads and save lives. The series, under the title “The Road Ahead” was originally devised for the International Safer Roads Conference. The sixth conference should have been held in the US earlier this year, but was cancelled because of the Covid 19 Pandemic. The Road...

Car manufacturers in America may soon be required to install technology that stops a car from moving if the driver is over the alcohol limit. The new transportation and infrastructure measure passed last week includes new car safety requirements including a provision requiring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to, within five years, develop a rule requiring advanced drunk driving...

Zero deaths is the goal and WDM SCRIM® road condition surveying can get us there Every day more than 90 people lose their lives in crashes on American roads, according to statistics from Carsurance. Initiatives like Vision Zero, Road to Zero and Toward Zero Deaths are built upon the fundamental principle of shifting from a traditional road management mindset to...

WDM USA's parent company, W.D.M. Limited’s tradition of investing in the future by taking on apprentices has been vindicated after its latest two trainees completed their courses with flying colours. The two apprentices, Samuel Belcher and Rhys Brooks, are the latest in a tradition dating back over seven decades - the Company was founded in 1945...

The Netherlands will introduce a daytime motorway speed limit of 100 km/h across the country from the second half of March, while Luxembourg will reduce speeds to 90 km/h during peak hours, following a successful trial. The Dutch measure is designed to help the country cut nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx), a big problem, particularly with older diesel vehicles.  ...