HIGHWAY CARNAGE: IT CAN BE CURBED
This article discusses two approaches that can help reduce the number of crashes and the deaths and injuries that result: one approach involves changing the ways people behave; the other involves changing the ways cars and roads behave. Discussion of the first approach centers around the drinking driver problem, with brief mention made of efforts to encourage seat belt use. Discussion of the second approach points out the gap between available safety technologies and their application in new-car design, the leading example being air bag technology. Concluding remarks point to the awareness that a market for safety clearly exists, waiting to be nurtured by the car companies. It is predicted that if American companies don't move quick enough, someone else will be sure to grab this market, and the motoring public will be the beneficiary.
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Corporate Authors:
Insurance Information Institute
110 William Street
New York, NY United States 10038 -
Authors:
- Kelley, B
- Publication Date: 1982-11
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 12-17
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Serial:
- Journal of Insurance
- Publisher: Insurance Information Institute
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air bags; Behavior; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Fatalities; Injuries; Manual safety belts; Markets; Safety; Technology; Traffic safety; Vehicle design; Vehicle safety
- Old TRIS Terms: Behavioral objectives; Vehicular safety
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00373565
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-033 941
- Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Jun 30 1983 12:00AM