Traffic Safety and the Driver
Title | Traffic Safety and the Driver PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Evans |
Publisher | Science Serving Society |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 9780442001636 |
Examines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Traffic Safety
Title | Traffic Safety PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Evans |
Publisher | |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 0975487108 |
Traffic Safety applies the methods of science to better understand one of the world's major problems -- harm in road traffic.
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
Title | National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 810 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Automobiles |
ISBN |
State Traffic Safety Information
Title | State Traffic Safety Information PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 114 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Traffic accidents |
ISBN |
The Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety
Title | The Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety PDF eBook |
Author | Glenn C. Blomquist |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 145 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9400926839 |
Decisions twenty years ago during the fIrst generation of modern traffIc safety policymaking were easier than today. Afterall, the mandate for specifIc mandatory motor vehicle safety standards was dermed rather clearly during legislative hearings. Since the initial standards, decisions have been based on the more general guidelines of "practicality" and avoiding "unreasonable risks. " Now, with more diffIcult decisions pending, the demand for analysis is greater. My purpose in writing this book is to promote second generation policymaking in traffic safety. The dominant theme is that an "individual net benefIt approach" is useful in the design, evaluation and improvement of traffic safety policy. Hopefully, this book provides some guidance for today's tougher decisions. Evaluative review of modern traffic safety policy, especially automobile safety standards, yields several results. The technological approach, the basis for the 1966 legislation, is shown to produce mistakes. Benefits are overestimated and endangerment of nonoccupants is ignored. The risk homeostatic approach, the devil's idea to some in the safety community, is shown to be a limiting case of the more general individual net benefIt approach. Rationality and competency in travelers' safety decisions are reviewed in a broad context. Evidence beyond the realm of behavioral ix x The Regulation of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Safety psychology indicates considerable, albeit imperfect, competency in traffic safety decisions. Conventional benefit-cost analysis is critiqued. Existing studies of passive restraints are shown to overestimate net benefits because travelers' responses and costs are ignored.
Traffic Safety; a Report on Activities Under the Highway Safety Act
Title | Traffic Safety; a Report on Activities Under the Highway Safety Act PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 884 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Automobiles |
ISBN |
Highway and Traffic Safety
Title | Highway and Traffic Safety PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
Publisher | |
Pages | 62 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Traffic safety |
ISBN |