Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport: A Crisis of Complacency

ISBN-13: 9781138077133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 199 str.

Ian Ronald Johnston; Carlyn Muir; Eric William Howard

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The book explodes the myths that currently drive society’s view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward.

Spis treści

A Zero Road Toll is Not a Pipe Dream. Serious Crashes Happen to Real People. The Way We View Safety Is a Big Part of the Problem. The Car in Society. A Brief History of How and Why Science Takes a Back Seat. The Evolution of Safe System Thinking. Serious Crashes Have Impacts Way Beyond Those Injured. Approaching Traffic Safety as Preventive Medicine. Speed Moderation – The Most Difficult Issue of All. Confronting Complacency. Putting Safe System into Practice Right Now. Six Vital Steps Towards Zero.