TRAFFIC SAFETY

SEVEN TOPICS ARE TREATED: (1) BRAZIL'S ENTRY INTO AN "AUTOMOBILE AGE" WITH DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL MOTOR VEHICLE INDUSTRY; (2) SEPARATION OF MAJOR FROM MINOR PROBLEMS FOR BRAZIL AND THE STATE OF SAN PAULO ON THE BASIS OF HISTORICAL ANALOGY, BRAZIL'S LAST DECADE, AND EXTRAPOLATION OF DATA; (3) THE RELATION OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO CIRCULATION AND SAFETY; (4) COMPARISON OF THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT RECORD OF BRAZIL WITH THAT OF OTHER COUNTRIES; (5) THE PROBLEM OF YOUNG DRIVERS; THE STATE OF DRIVER KNOWLEDGE OF DRIVING PRACTICES; AND (7) REQUIREMENTS FOR BRAZILIAN SOCIETY TO IMPROVE ITS TRAFFIC SAFETY RECORD. /RRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  Road Research Institute /Brazil

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• Authors:
  • Borges, E F
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Drivers; Education; History; Publicity; Traffic crashes; Traffic engineering; Traffic safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Circulation; Minors
• Subject Areas: Highways; History; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Institute /Brazil
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 16 1971 12:00AM