Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport :
Johnston, Ian 1943-
Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport : a crisis of complacency / Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric William Howard. - 1 online resource : text file, PD
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index
chapter 1. Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport is not a pipe dream -- chapter 2. Serious crashes happen to real people -- chapter 3. The way we view safety is a big part of the problem -- chapter 4. The car in society -- chapter 5. Brief history of how land why science takes a back seat -- chapter 6. Evolution of safe system thinking -- chapter 7. Serious crashes have impacts way beyond those injured -- chapter 8. Approaching traffic safety as preventive medicine -- chapter 9. Speed moderation : the most difficult issue of all -- chapter 10. Confronting complacency -- chapter 11. Six vital steps toward zero
"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"--
9781482208269 (ebook : PDF)
Traffic safety
Traffic safety--Government policy
Traffic accidents
Electronic books.
Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport : a crisis of complacency / Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric William Howard. - 1 online resource : text file, PD
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index
chapter 1. Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport is not a pipe dream -- chapter 2. Serious crashes happen to real people -- chapter 3. The way we view safety is a big part of the problem -- chapter 4. The car in society -- chapter 5. Brief history of how land why science takes a back seat -- chapter 6. Evolution of safe system thinking -- chapter 7. Serious crashes have impacts way beyond those injured -- chapter 8. Approaching traffic safety as preventive medicine -- chapter 9. Speed moderation : the most difficult issue of all -- chapter 10. Confronting complacency -- chapter 11. Six vital steps toward zero
"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"--
9781482208269 (ebook : PDF)
Traffic safety
Traffic safety--Government policy
Traffic accidents
Electronic books.