Traffic Safety
Author: Leonard Evans
Publisher:
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 0975487108
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraffic Safety applies the methods of science to better understand one of the world's major problems -- harm in road traffic.
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Traffic Safety Culture
Author: Nicholas John Ward
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2019-04-12
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1787146170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides traffic safety researchers and practitioners with an international and multi-disciplinary compendium of theoretical and methodological concepts relevant to the research and application of Traffic Safety Culture aiming towards a vision of zero traffic fatalities.
Traffic Safety
Author: George Yannis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2016-06-15
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 1119307848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTransport systems are facing an impossible dilemma: satisfy an increasing demand for mobility of people and goods, while decreasing their fossil-energy requirements and preserving the environment. Additionally, transport has an opportunity to evolve in a changing world, with new services, technologies but also new requirements (fast delivery, reliability, improved accessibility). The subject of traffic is organized into two separate but complementary volumes: Volume 3 on Traffic Management and Volume 4 on Traffic Safety. Traffic Safety, Volume 4 of the Research for Innovative Transports Set, presents a collection of updated papers from the TRA 2014 Conference, highlighting the diversity of research in this field. Theoretical chapters and practical case studies address topics such as road safety management and policies, accident analysis and modeling, vulnerable road users' safety, road infrastructure safety, ITS and railway safety.
Traffic Safety and Human Behavior
Author: David Shinar
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2017-06-22
Total Pages: 1262
ISBN-13: 1786352214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis comprehensive 2nd edition covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety. In particular it covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system; the role of infotainment in driver distraction; and the increasing role of driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.
Human Factors in Traffic Safety
Author: Robert E. Dewar
Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Publishing
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781933264240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntroducing readers to the behavior of drivers, this title covers a wide variety of perspectives on human factors, ranging from the design of roads, vehicles, and traffic control devices to emotional and motivational determinants of driver behavior. This new edition has been extensively revised and contains new chapters on driver education and driver distraction.
Federal Role in Traffic Safety
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization
Publisher:
Published: 1965
Total Pages: 1800
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReviews safety considerations in procurement of motor vehicles by Federal agencies and coordination of federally-established programs for identifying and correcting hazards in motor vehicles and on highways.
Road Traffic and Safety
Author: Amit Agrawal
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781536124897
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoad space is shared by multiple vehicles (i.e. cars, taxis, buses, trucks, motorcycles, and mopeds), pedestrians, animals and many other categories of travellers. Easy availability of motor vehicles and advancements in their technology has made road travel easy; on the other hand, this has also resulted in a significant increase in the number of motor vehicle related injuries. Road traffic related injuries remain an important public health problem globally. It has been estimated that approximately 1.25 million people succumb to road traffic injuries annually worldwide, and between 20 and 50 million people sustain non-fatal injuries. It is a cause of great concern that 59% of the severely injured population is young adults aged between the age of 15 and 44 years. At present, globally road traffic injuries are ranked as the eighth leading cause of mortality, and if the current trends continues, it is expected to be the seventh leading cause of mortality at the global level by 2030. Road traffic safety is one of the most significant concerns of the United Nations and a 5-tiered approach has been proposed to combat traffic accidents and fatalities. This includes improvements in health care services focusing on injury care, road safety management, road network safety, vehicular safety, and implementation of road safety legislation. Changes in practices like speed control, use of seatbelts and helmets, respecting traffic signals and signs, avoiding drunken driving (or use of drugs), following traffic rules (lane driving) and avoiding mobile phones while driving are some of the behavioural changes that can bring about a significant reduction in the number of road traffic related injuries. The present book consists of fifteen chapters related to various aspects concerning road traffic and safety, including epidemiology of road traffic injuries, occupant protection and safety devices, risk factors, a manual of safety measures, road safety in hilly terrain and conflict zones, prevention of head injuries, the role of alcohol and bicycle related injuries. The authors hope that the book shall help the readers to get an overview of various aspects related to global road traffic and safety.
Traffic Safety
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 1422
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFederal Role in Traffic Safety
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations
Publisher:
Published: 1966
Total Pages: 1192
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRight of Way
Author: Angie Schmitt
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2020-08-27
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 1642830836
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe face of the pedestrian safety crisis looks a lot like Ignacio Duarte-Rodriguez. The 77-year old grandfather was struck in a hit-and-run crash while trying to cross a high-speed, six-lane road without crosswalks near his son’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of the more than 6,000 people killed while walking in America in 2018. In the last ten years, there has been a 50 percent increase in pedestrian deaths. The tragedy of traffic violence has barely registered with the media and wider culture. Disproportionately the victims are like Duarte-Rodriguez—immigrants, the poor, and people of color. They have largely been blamed and forgotten. In Right of Way, journalist Angie Schmitt shows us that deaths like Duarte-Rodriguez’s are not unavoidable “accidents.” They don’t happen because of jaywalking or distracted walking. They are predictable, occurring in stark geographic patterns that tell a story about systemic inequality. These deaths are the forgotten faces of an increasingly urgent public-health crisis that we have the tools, but not the will, to solve. Schmitt examines the possible causes of the increase in pedestrian deaths as well as programs and movements that are beginning to respond to the epidemic. Her investigation unveils why pedestrians are dying—and she demands action. Right of Way is a call to reframe the problem, acknowledge the role of racism and classism in the public response to these deaths, and energize advocacy around road safety. Ultimately, Schmitt argues that we need improvements in infrastructure and changes to policy to save lives. Right of Way unveils a crisis that is rooted in both inequality and the undeterred reign of the automobile in our cities. It challenges us to imagine and demand safer and more equitable cities, where no one is expendable.
