Traffic Safety and the Driver

Abstract

This book is concerned with fatalities, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes--their origin and nature, and ways to prevent their occurrence and reduce their severity. This subject is covered in the following 15 chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) Effects of Sex and Age; (3) An Overview of United States Traffic Fatalities; (4) Engineering, Roadway and Environmental Factors; (5) Driver Performance; (6) Driver Behavior; (7) Alcohol's Role in Traffic Crashes; (8) Drunk Driving Countermeasures; (9) Effectiveness of Occupant Protection Devices When They Are Used; (10) Restraint-Use Laws, Use Rates, and Field Effectiveness; (11) User Responses to Changes in Traffic Systems; (12) How You Can Reduce Your Risk; (13) An Attempt to Estimate the Relative Importance of Factors; (14) Traffic Safety in Broader Contexts; and (15) Conclusions. An Author Index and a Subject Index are provided.