PROCESSES INVOLVED IN JOINT TRAFFIC SAFETY WORK

ABLAUFPROZESSE DER KOMMUNALEN VERKEHRSSICHERHEITSARBEIT

EXPERIENCE IN PRACTICAL SAFETY WORK CARRIED OUT IN COMMUNITIES AND IN ACCIDENT RESEARCH CENTRES INDICATES THAT TOO LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH DECISIONS ARE MADE ON SAFETY MEASURES AT THE POLITICAL LEVELS OF COMMUNITY, COUNTY AND STATE. THERE IS A LACK OF INFORMATION ON THE INSTITUTES INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC SAFETY WORK, THE INFLUENCES ON THESE INSTITUTES, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FACTORS SUCH AS THE SIZE OF COMMUNITIES, REGIONS, AND FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURE FOR SAFETY WORK. BY MEANS OF SYSTEMATIC SURVEYS, THE DECISIONS ARRIVED AT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME ARE TO BE DETERMINED AND THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THESE DECISIONS CLASSIFIED AND EVALUATED.