Opis: Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport - Carlyn Muir, Ian Ronald Johnston, Eric William Howard

Should we really accept road trauma as collateral damage from daily road use? Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport: A Crisis of Complacency explores why societies and their elected leaders view traffic safety as a (relatively) minor problem. It examines the changes in the culture of road use that need to occur if this public health problem is to be effectively resolved. Examines why road use culture is ego-centric ("what's in it for me?") and why this blocks progress Explores current traffic safety measurement methods and demonstrates how they have underpinned our flawed approach Discusses the controversial issue of speed and speeding and shows how a new approach to speed management will be fundamental to transformational change Details a simple account of the concept of a "Safe System" (as now promoted by the WHO and the OECD) while exploring the failure to get beyond the principles to extensive implementation The book dispels the myths that currently drive societies' (misguided) view of traffic safety-the bad behavior myth and the official myth that everything that can be done is being done-and how these myths limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and health. The book draws on examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach. It presents a model for a preventive medicine approach to traffic safety policy to get beyond an ego-centric culture to a communal safety culture. Listen to an interview with author Ian JohnstonEliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport Is Not a Pipe Dream Serious Crashes Happen to Real People Noel and Jan's Story Sam's Story Abbey's Story Three Stories among Tens of Thousands The Way We View Safety Is a Big Part of the Problem International Concern is Focussed on the Motorising World, Not on "Us" Should We Measure Safety as Actual Numbers or as Rates? Why Do We (Mostly) Rely on Death Counts and Death Rates? Transport Safety Rate Personal Safety Rate So What Measure Should We Use? How Much Risk Is Too Much? The Car in Society Car Dependence and Its Legacy Car Culture Driving Culture-Right versus Responsibility Risk-Taking Behaviour Prevailing Culture of Blame Vested Interests and the Rise of "Anecdata" Celebrity Culture Overall Cultural Context Brief History of How and Why Science Takes a Back Seat Stages of Official Thinking about Traffic Safety Basic Approaches to Injury Prevention Evolution of Safe System Thinking Inherent Unsafety of Our Present Road Use System Everyday Error versus Blameworthy Behaviour Decision-Making Context for Public Policy Development Making Trade-Off Decisions Safe System Approach Institutional Management Really Matters Serious Crashes Have Impacts Way Beyond Those Injured Richard's Story Kate's Story Approaching Traffic Safety as Preventive Medicine WIFM, Freedom of Choice, and the Dilemma of the Commons Place for a Preventive Medicine Approach Institutions, Vested Interests, and Policy Decision Making What Can We Learn from Occupational Safety? Safe Behaviour, Safety Climate, and Safety Culture Speed Moderation: The Most Difficult Issue of All Why Is Speed So Critical? Speed and Crash Likelihood Why Is Kinetic Energy So Important? Extant Speed Limits and Current Levels of Protection Safe Vehicles and Safe Speeds Safe Roads, Roadsides, and Safe Speeds Safe Road Users and Safe Speeds How, Then, Do We Set Speed Limits? Social Context of Speed Behaviour How Might We Achieve Widespread Speed Moderation? Conclusion Confronting Complacency Why Traffic Safety Lacks Both a Coherent Constituency and Committed Leadership by Government Understanding the Challenges Six Vital Steps toward Zero Time for a New Focus Constituency Committed Leadership Climate of Safety Capacity Building Cooperation and Coordination Courageous Patience References Index

Szczegóły: Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport - Carlyn Muir, Ian Ronald Johnston, Eric William Howard

Tytuł: Eliminating Serious Injury and Death from Road Transport
Autor: Carlyn Muir, Ian Ronald Johnston, Eric William Howard
Producent: CRC Press Inc.
ISBN: 9781482208252
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 199
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.42 kg

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