Regular Biglorryblog readers will already recognise this as the recently-lanched Royal Mail Safety Concept Vehicle - an artic with more safety kit on it than you can shake a risk assessment form at with no less than 55 (count 'em) safety-related items on the Daf CF85.410 and Cartwright double-deck trailer rig.
Amongst them is this ground level susie connecting system (similar to the original MAVIS concept) and decent steps to get into the back of the Cartwright double decker...
Well word now reaches that Biglorryblog that it's just won the EuroTra Safety and Innovation Award, handed out every year in collaboration with Volvo Trucks, (And BLB reckons that the fact that it's gone to a vehicle that's not pulled by a Volvo shows some real style on behalf of the Swedish truck maker). Meanwhile, the EuroTra (European Transport Training Association) selects the company that has made the greatest efforts to increase traffic safety and to improve the driver's working environment--and this year that company is Royal Mail Network. So congrats all around and click through here for more...
First off here's the link to my original blog entry with more pix/details on the safety artic:
http://blogs.rbi.co.uk/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=55704&blog_id=22
The concept safety artic arises out of the Royal Mail Network's attempts to actively reduce the number of serious accidents among its drivers and highlight the need for better overall safety in the transport sector. A study showed that over half of all accidents leading to injury occur when people move around the vehicle or manoeuvre the load. And the Royal mail team then looked for ways to remove those risks including a special lighting system, sensors and cameras around both the truck and trailer. The concept truck will be used for a year in Royal Mail Network's daily operations for testing and evaluation.
The EuroTra judges awarded Royal Mail the first prize for, amongst other things, highlighting the need for safer working procedures and showing concrete ways of making the drivers' safety environment safer as well as increasing safety for all other road users. "The driver is at the centre of all our safety efforts. Besides building safe trucks that make the driver's work easier, we want to take action at all levels to help improve the driver's work environment," says Carl Johan Almqvist, Volvo Trucks' Traffic and Product Safety Director talking to BLB. "EuroTra makes an important contribution by highlighting and rewarding safety innovations, and we are eager to support these efforts."
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