GUIDE TO TRAFFIC SAFETY

HUMAN FACTORS ARE DESCRIBED RELATING TO THE DRIVING TASK. PHYSIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MOTORCYCLISTS, BICYCLISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS ARE REVIEWED. INDICATIONS FOR MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND HUMAN ENGINEERING FACTORS ARE DISCUSSED. CANADIAN GOOD ROADS MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARDS ARE DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE DESIGN AND PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTS, INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE DESIGN FOR PREVENTION OF INJURY. THE ROLE OF THE ROAD, ACCIDENT RATES, ROAD DESIGN, ROAD OPERATIONS, AND ACCIDENT ANALYSIS ARE REVIEWED.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 53 Pp, 2 FiG, 5 TAB, 18 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SPECIFICATIONS BOARD

  HULL, QUEBEC  Canada  K1A OS5
• Publication Date: 1966-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Bicycles; Crash investigation; Crash rates; Crashes; Drivers; Highway safety; Human characteristics; Human factors; Motor vehicles; Motorcyclists; Pedestrians; Physiological aspects; Safety; Safety factors
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology; Pedestrian characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219825
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: CANADIAN GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 22 1994 12:00AM