Road Safety [electronic resource]: Impact of New Technologies /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Group on Safety and Technology.Content Provider
Organisation for Economic Co operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContent Provider
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2003.
Every day, thousands are injured and almost 350 people are killed on the roads of OECD countries. New technologies could reduce this toll by as much as 40%. However, considerable challenges need to be overcome in order to achieve these benefits. Billions of dollars are currently being spent to develop new technologies which are not related to safety, and many of these may have a negative impact on road safety if action is not taken to ensure their compatibility with current road systems. This report evaluates the global impact of new technologies on road safety and provides recommendations to governments and industry to ensure that fatalities and injuries in road traffic are reduced.
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Preliminaries; FOREWORD; ABSTRACT; CONTENTS; ROAD SAFETY IMPACT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES  ISBN 92 64 10322 8  OECD 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary and Conclusions; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Review of Technologies for Road Safety; Chapter 3 Review of Technologies Not Targeting Road Safety; Chapter 4 Evaluation of New Technologies; Chapter 5 Overarching Issues; Annex A Glossary of Abbreviations; Annex B Members of the OECD Working Group on Safety and Technology
Every day, thousands are injured and almost 350 people are killed on the roads of OECD countries. New technologies could reduce this toll by as much as 40%. However, considerable challenges need to be overcome in order to achieve these benefits. Billions of dollars are currently being spent to develop new technologies which are not related to safety, and many of these may have a negative impact on road safety if action is not taken to ensure their compatibility with current road systems. This report evaluates the global impact of new technologies on road safety and provides recommendations to governments and industry to ensure that fatalities and injuries in road traffic are reduced.
Automobiles -- Electronic equipment -- Europe.
Highway communications -- Technological innovations -- Europe.
Intelligent transportation systems.
Traffic fatalities -- Europe.
Traffic safety -- Europe.
Traffic safety
Traffic fatalities
Automobiles
Intelligent transportation systems
Highway communications
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering & Applied Sciences
Transportation Engineering