03078oam 2200613I 450 991078756900332120230803194825.00-429-17313-X1-4822-0825-310.1201/b16197 (CKB)2670000000394760(EBL)1408086(SSID)ssj0001059643(PQKBManifestationID)11555626(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001059643(PQKBWorkID)11084638(PQKB)11403827(MiAaPQ)EBC1408086(OCoLC)865511507(EXLCZ)99267000000039476020180331h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEliminating serious injury and death from road transport a crisis of complacency /Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric William HowardBoca Raton :CRC Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (202 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4822-0826-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Explanatory Note; 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 and 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 MedicineChapter 9: Speed Moderation: The Most Difficult Issue of AllChapter 10: Confronting Complacency; Chapter 11: Six Vital Steps toward Zero; References; Index; Back CoverThe 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--Provided by publisher.Traffic accidentsTraffic safetyGovernment policyTraffic safetyTraffic accidents.Traffic safetyGovernment policy.Traffic safety.613.6/8613.68POL017000TEC009160TEC017000bisacshJohnston Ian(Ian Ronald),1943,1548402Muir CarlynHoward Eric WilliamFlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910787569003321Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport3805397UNINA