Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines 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 |
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Page 154
... increase over an initial 60 mph we compute an 18 % fatality rate increase . These predictions are in reasonable agreement with observed fatality increases associated with the speed limit change of 16 % [ National Highway Traffic Safety ...
... increase over an initial 60 mph we compute an 18 % fatality rate increase . These predictions are in reasonable agreement with observed fatality increases associated with the speed limit change of 16 % [ National Highway Traffic Safety ...
Page 284
... increase and changes expected to decrease safety as separate cases ; Eqn 11-1 applies equally to positive and negative values of ASEng ... INCREASE safety GREATER 284 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER Interventions Aimed at Increasing Safety /
... increase and changes expected to decrease safety as separate cases ; Eqn 11-1 applies equally to positive and negative values of ASEng ... INCREASE safety GREATER 284 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER Interventions Aimed at Increasing Safety /
Page 290
... increase their chances of clearing the intersection before the onset of red , rather than to increase their safety , as intended . The blink- ing green stimulated an early decision to proceed , which sometimes had to be changed to a ...
... increase their chances of clearing the intersection before the onset of red , rather than to increase their safety , as intended . The blink- ing green stimulated an early decision to proceed , which sometimes had to be changed to a ...
Contents
Some Comments on Methodology | 11 |
Various Driver Fatality Rates | 28 |
Overinvolvement of Young Road Users | 41 |
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