BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR THE CAMPAIGN: "GIVE THEM TIME" (OLD PEOPLE IN TRAFFIC)

ACHTERGROND DOCUMENTATIE OVER CAMPAGNE: "GEEF ZE DE TIJD" (OUDEREN IN HET VERKEER)

Background documentation is presented as part of the safety campaign for old people in traffic, and in particular for crossing the roads. When people get older, they get also slower and they usually need a longer reaction time. They have more chance of an accident and they feel unsafe. This feeling unsafe results often in unpredictable behaviour in traffic, as a result of which they are more vulnerable. So a vicious circle arises which can be broken by giving them time. The main groups for which the campaign is intended are the car drivers and lorry drivers. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  VEILIG VERKEER NEDERLAND

  PO BOX 423
  HUIZEN,   Netherlands  1270 AK
• Authors:
  • Loewik, M
  • Verbeek, J M
  • Wesemann, P
  • Ansinger, ALHL
• Publication Date: 1985-5

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Automobile drivers; Automobiles; Behavior; Drivers; Pedestrian movement; Pedestrian safety; Publicity; Reaction time; Traffic safety education; Truck drivers; Trucks
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Pedestrian protection
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 1243: Car; 1667: Crossing the road; 1772: Driver; 1236: Lorry; 8078: Netherlands; 1746: Old people; 8573: Publicity
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451941
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM