by Mike Barry | Mar 17, 2019 | News
Gorski Consulting has posted a number of warnings about the apparent increase in the numbers of fires occurring in motor vehicle collisions, or sometimes when vehicles are not even being driven. The latest incident on King Street in Toronto had significant...
by Mike Barry | Mar 17, 2019 | News
An Assistant Director of Transportation for Arizona, Steve Boschen, believes Interstate I-10 near Tuscon “…is actually much safer without barriers”. He states further: “If there is an incident, the vehicle has a better chance at stopping once...
by Mike Barry | Mar 15, 2019 | News
Moving over for stopped emergency vehicles can create rather than avoid traffic safety problems. A recent photo of the scene of a traffic collision on Highway 401 exemplifies one of the problems. The photo below shows that some vehicles have stopped on the right side...
by Mike Barry | Mar 15, 2019 | News
A recent fatal impact of an unprotected concrete pillar of the Highway 402 overpass at Glendon Road begs the question what kinds of roadside protections are warranted to prevent such tragedies. There are standards that exist in Roadside Design Manuals that are...
by Mike Barry | Mar 13, 2019 | News
Scant information on social media sites indicates that a transport truck may have crossed through the high-tension median cable barrier of Highway 401 near Bloomfield Road, Chatham, yesterday, March 12, 2019. A photo posted by Matt Lajoie shows the damaged left front...