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Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport : a crisis of complacency / / Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric William Howard



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Autore: Johnston Ian (Ian Ronald), <1943, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport : a crisis of complacency / / Ian Ronald Johnston, Carlyn Muir, Eric William Howard Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2014]
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
Disciplina: 613.6/8
613.68
Soggetto topico: Traffic accidents
Traffic safety - Government policy
Traffic safety
Classificazione: POL017000TEC009160TEC017000
Persona (resp. second.): MuirCarlyn
HowardEric William
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Medicine
Chapter 9: Speed Moderation: The Most Difficult Issue of AllChapter 10: Confronting Complacency; Chapter 11: Six Vital Steps toward Zero; References; Index; Back Cover
Sommario/riassunto: 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--
Titolo autorizzato: Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-429-17313-X
1-4822-0825-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910800194103321
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