Traffic Safety
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (527 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0975487108 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 445 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This 2004 book is even better than the author’s 1991 classic "Traffic Safety and the Driver". A dramatic development since the earlier book is that the United States has fallen far behind other countries in traffic safety. This topic is treated in detail, and explanations are offered for the ongoing US failure.. Over 200,000 more Americans were killed in traffic than would have died if the US had matched the safety progress in such better performing countries as Britain, Canada, or Australia. The present book covers many safety policy topics. By 2002 it had dropped from first to sixteenth place in deaths per registered vehicle, and from first to tenth place in deaths for the same distance of travel. Prior to the mid 1960s, the US had the world’s safest traffic. "Traffic Safety" goes to the heart of the problem, with unconstrained analyses of the inadequacies of government in one of its chief responsibilities – to protect life. Book Description "Traffic Safety" applies the methods of science to better understand one of the world’s most pressing public hea
Evans takes on the holy cows and golden calves Elihu D Richter MD, MPH This wonderful book--always by my side-- is essential reading for those who want to know what to do about the US's dismal failure to reduce its road death toll in the last decade. The centerpiece of the book is an angry chapter in which Evans asks why the US has not introduced speed camera networks which reduced deaths in absolute numbers fell by 40-50% in Australia, the UK and France. Evans applies models derived from Newtonian physics, which relate mass, velocity and kinetic energy, to assess the proportional contributrion of an arra. The Definitive Traffic Safety Reference Whether you are a traffic safety researcher, professional or advocate, Leonard Evans' new book on the subject is essential reading. Dr. Evans draws both upon his own and other reputed scientists in the field to present baseline information to researchers across the comprehensive sub-disciplines of traffic safety. The facts are not shrouded in scien-tific jargon, however, and will be understandable to non-academics and decision-makers alike. In the closing chapters, Dr. Evans fearlessly moves from the scientific facts to the personaliti. "Fascinating and comprehensive" according to Ed Evans. On September 11th, 2001 about as many people died in the world in traffic as died in the terrorist attacks on America. More than a million people are killed on the world's roads each year. Leonard Evans provides a superb overview of the most important scientific findings in the field of traffic safety. (Most people in the US think traffic safety is about crash tests, but the truth is very different!)The writing is lively and clear. There are tables and graphs throughout the book illustrating key data and principles. The early chapters
well written and easy to understand. -- British Medical Journal, February 12, 2005. Evans has included some great stories to illustrate concepts. Safety Policy" is the showstopper. -- Journal of the American Medical Association - JAMA, August 10, 2005Evans is a brilliant scientist whose work deserves to be read. -- insightful and thought provoking. -- The Lancet, October 16, 2004It is truly an enjoyable and easy book to read. -- Choice (American Library Association-ALA), February 2005The encore is even better than the original 1991 classic, "Traffic Safety and the Driver" -- Israel Medical Association Journal, January