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Road-traffic safety aims to reduce the harm (deaths, injuries, and property damage) resulting from crashes of road vehicles traveling on public roads. Harm from road-traffic crashes is greater than that from all other transportation modes (air, sea, space, off-terrain, etc.) combined.
Road-traffic crashes are one of the world’s largest public health problems. The problem is all the more acute because the victims are overwhelmingly young and healthy prior to their crashes. More than a million people are killed on the world’s roads each year more than 40,000 on the roads of the United States[http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/. Since the coming of the automobile in the early days of the twentieth century, more than three million Americans have been killed in road-traffic crashes , vastly more than the 650,000 American battle deaths in all wars, from the start of the revolutionary war in 1775 through the war in Iraq.
Definition of road–traffic crash
Because most of the world’s billion drivers have opinions about this subject, it is imperative to separate what scientific investigation has discovered from the rich mix of available material. A clear understanding requires defining what we are talking about. More on [ Road-traffic safety ]
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The Road to Safety: Leveling the Playing Field http://tinyurl.com/yc298k6
LarisaWI (Larisa Culicova) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:24:57 -0000
The Road to Safety: Leveling the Playing Field http://tinyurl.com/yc298k6
Though road safety agencies have made many attempts to discourage night travel, travellers have turned a deaf ear http://tinyurl.com/yfd3ypx
234next (NEXT) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:47:02 -0000
Though road safety agencies have made many attempts to discourage night travel, travellers have turned a deaf ear http://tinyurl.com/yfd3ypx
Holidays and road accidents | Boston Wrongful Death Lawyer: Tie One on for Safety --Displaying the MADD ribbon .. http://bit.ly/7aGhJu
emdyard (Edmunda Yardton) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:16:24 -0000
Holidays and road accidents | Boston Wrongful Death Lawyer: Tie One on for Safety --Displaying the MADD ribbon .. http://bit.ly/7aGhJu
The Road to Safety: Leveling the Playing Field - Corrections.com: On the road to safety we are sometimes shocked by... http://bit.ly/8ggPFm
planetsresource (Planet's Resource) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:37:53 -0000
The Road to Safety: Leveling the Playing Field - Corrections.com: On the road to safety we are sometimes shocked by... http://bit.ly/8ggPFm
Art Lebedev's Transparentius eliminates opacity, improves road safety: http://bit.ly/6BZVKr (via @engadget)
dotcompals (dotcompals) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:31:40 -0000
Art Lebedev's Transparentius eliminates opacity, improves road safety: http://bit.ly/6BZVKr (via @engadget)
BBC GlobalNews: 04 Jan 10 AM Yemen embassy threat / China pollution / Road safety http://bit.ly/5CvnUG http://frostfires.com/notice/194998
chadmail (Chad) Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:29:46 -0000
BBC GlobalNews: 04 Jan 10 AM Yemen embassy threat / China pollution / Road safety http://bit.ly/5CvnUG http://frostfires.com/notice/194998
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety - An alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer.
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Artificial passenger could make driving safer - Article in New Scientist about an artificial passenger to keep the driver awake.
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Citizens For Road Safety - This organization is to save lives and force the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the states to dedicate more time and money to highway safety. Issues of concern are dangerous guardrails and road rage.
Effects Of Raising And Lowering Speed limits - Research to determine the effects of raising and lowering posted speed limits on driver behavior.
iFisher.com - Advocacy and letter writing campaign to encourage Honda to install seat belts for larger passengers, and to change federal regulations.
Meta Description: [ Honda refuses to make longer seat belts or seat belt extenders available for larger passengers. Federal regulation 49CFR571.209 mandates that seatbelts fit occupants only up to 215 pounds. ]
JENS-Citizens for Safer Highways - The story of a successful highway design safety intervention campaign by a citizens' NGO in Massachusetts. The JENS site also links to helpful sites for accident victims and families.
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Key Issues Summaries - Includes information on air bags, DWI, drinking and driving, driver education, road rage, speeding tickets, seat belts, speed limits, speed bumps, traffic calming, and red light cameras.
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Ol' Blue, USA - A nonprofit organization that is dedicated to educating the nation on highway safety and provides safety programs at community events, public schools, and truck shows.
Meta Description: [ Ol' Blue USA Home Page ]
Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards - Recognising achievement and innovations which improve road safety.
Rollover: The Hidden History of the SUV - By PBS Frontline. Report about SUVs and safety, especially concerning rollovers. Also includes environmental information. Also includes interviews and audio clips.
Traffic Injury Research Foundation - A charitable, independent road safety institute performing original research into the causes of traffic accidents. Publishes the results of its research projects, and makes the reports available to the public.
Meta Description: [ The Traffic Injury Research Foundation
(TIRF) is a charitable, independent road safety institute. It performs
original research into the causes of road crashes and develops and promotes
effective prevention programs and policies. ]
Transportation Crisis - An exhortive site calling for less speeding and aggressive driving.
Meta Description: [ The transportation crisis in the United States continues to worsen and yet the government continues to funnel hundreds of billions of our tax dollars to the automobile industry, despite the fact that 42,000 people lost their lives last year in automobile crashes. Send E-mail, write a letter, hel... ]
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