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USING LICENSE MANUALS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS AT INTERSECTIONS: MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATING DRIVERS.
| 题名： | USING LICENSE MANUALS TO INCREASE AWARENESS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN HAZARDS AT INTERSECTIONS: MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR EDUCATING DRIVERS. |
| 作者： | Sarkar-S; Van-Houten-R; Moffatt-J |
| 关键词： | AWARENESS-; BEHAVIOR-; DRIVER-EDUCATION; DRIVER-LICENSING; DRIVERS-; HAZARDS-; INTERSECTIONS-; MANUALS-; PEDESTRIAN-ACCIDENTS; PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE-INTERFACE; TRAFFIC-VIOLATIONS; TURNING-TRAFFIC |
| 摘要： | Motor vehicle crashes result in approximately 90,000 pedestrian injuries and 5,000 pedestrian deaths in the United States each year. Of these, 34% of the injuries and 18% of the deaths occur at intersections. In a recent study, around 5,000 pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes were coded in a population-based sample drawn from California, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Utah. About 1,630 (32.6%) of these incidents occurred at intersections, with turning vehicles responsible for 30.4% of the incidents and another 15.9% due to driver violations. Along with enforcement and engineering, quality education can be very important in improving driver behavior and providing a better understanding of the vulnerability of pedestrians. State driver-licensing manuals can play a key role. Well-written, well-illustrated information on pedestrian conflicts associated with different traffic regulations and controls at intersections and on the potential hazards for pedestrians associated with driver violations, along with statistics, would encourage drivers to modify their behaviors. Better manuals are becoming increasingly important with the gradual phasing out of driver education at schools. The present level of information disseminated by 32 states and the District of Columbia was reviewed and found to be insufficient in these regards, needing significant improvements. Recommendations are offered on ways to improve the quality of information. |
| 总页数： | Transportation Research Record. 1999. (1674) pp49-56 (5 Phot., 2 Fig., 6 Tab., 58 Ref.) |
| 报告类型： | 科技报告 |
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