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Giant footprints 

The largest dinosaur footprints 

ever found have been discovered 

at Plagne (FR), between Lyon and 

Geneva. The depressions measure 

between 1.20 and 1.50 metres 

in diameter and the tracks spread 

over dozens and possibly even 

hundreds of metres. They were 

authenticated as sauropod foot-

prints by Jean-Michel Mazin and 

Pierre Hantzpergue, two researchers 

from Claude Bernard University 

in Lyon. Sauropods were giant 

long-necked herbivores measuring 

more than 25 metres in length 

and weighing up to 40 tonnes. 

It was not the scientists who 

made this discovery, though, 

but, two amateur enthusiasts 

Online competition

Take three key elements (tyres, 

roads and safety). Mix together. 

Give it all a good shake. Let your 

imagination run free and devise 

a clear, original, forceful message 

to highlight the interactions among 

the three elements. The product? 

A short video for Youtube of no 

more than five minutes that may 

well herald a bright future.

This describes the online video 

competition staged by the 

European TyroSafe (Tyre and Road 

Surface Optimisation for Skid 

Resistance and Further Effects) 

project. The winning video will be 

used to raise awareness and 

promote the TyroSafe project in 

different exhibitions, seminars and 

events organised by the project 

partners. The panel of judges 

comprises a number of respected 

road research experts. Competition 

participants are entirely free to