TRAFFIC SAFETY OR PERSONAL COMFORT

VEILIGHEID OF COMFORT?

Many works are carried out by traffic engineers because it is assumed that they will increase traffic safety. Often there has been no research to show that this will be the case. That is an omission as research has proved that some measures do not give satisfactory results. The reason for carrying out some works is not the traffic safety measured by the number of accidents, but the feeling of safety in traffic. As the human being loves personal comfort this should be a good reason to initiate the works that can improve it. It is better, at least, to use personal comfort as an argument to take any measure in traffic engineering than to use other reasons, such as traffic safety, which cannot be proved or which eventually prove to be incorrect. (TRRL)

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/9066282CPL
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Conference papers of the Working Days on Traffic Engineer 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Werkdagcommissie

  P. O. Box 163
  Driebergen-Rijsenbur,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1983-4

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 749-754
• Serial:
  • Bijdragen Verkeerskundige Werkdagen 1983
  • Publisher: Werkdagcommissie

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Before and after studies; Bikeways; Comfort; Conferences; Footbridges; Measures of effectiveness; Parking; Prevention; Safety; Traffic engineering; Traffic safety; Traffic signals
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 9148: Before and after study; 9138: Comfort; 8525: Conference; 2722: Cycle track; 3475: Footbridge; 8078: Netherlands; 955: Parking; 1665: Safety; 655: Traffic engineering; 565: Traffic signal
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00382922
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 90-6628-2CPL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM