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A quick method of improving the load-bearing capacity of natural airport pavements [PDF]
: The load-bearing capacity of natural airport surfaces directly affects the safety of air operations. Natural airport surfaces at military airports are front seat belts, work belts and side seat belts. The load-bearing capacity of the natural airport
Mariusz Wesołowski +2 more
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The Reluctance of taxi drivers to use seat belts. Observed and self-reported behavior in Argentine.
Although taxi drivers are more exposed to traffic crashes, they usually exhibit riskier behaviors and more negative attitudes toward road safety. For example, previous research suggests that they are particularly reluctant to wear seat belts.
Jeremías David Tosi +3 more
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This paper deals with the issues of the impact of vertical vibrations on a child seated in a child seat during a journey. Its purpose was to assess the impact of fastening the child seats and road conditions on the level of vibrations recorded on child ...
Andrzej Zuska +3 more
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Drivers' unsafe behaviors in Iran: An investigation in West Azerbaijan
BackgroundThe present study aims to investigate one of the major causes of traffic accidents: drivers' unsafe behaviors while driving.MethodsIn this cross-sectional study, the behaviors of 946 drivers at traffic lights were observed in the morning, at ...
Fatemeh Bakhtari Aghdam +7 more
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Estimation of Accident Injury Severity of Vehicle Groups Considering Multi-factor Coupling [PDF]
In order to explore the influencing factors and their heterogenous impacts on vehicle groups accident under the multi-factor coupling effect, a random parameter logit model was developed based on 21 types of alternative factors in 4 aspects (road ...
Jin Wenzhou, Yao Yinjie
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A 23 year old woman was admitted after a road trafficaccident.Initialexaminationshowedaseatbelthematomaonthe abdomen. A CT scan showed a compression-distractionfracture (type B injury) of the third lumbar vertebra withdisplacementinthespinalcanal.Additionally,theabdominalaortashowed irregularcontours, but no active bleeding.Thepre-operative MRA confirmed
Koter, S.H., Cohnert, T.U.
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Seat belt sign and its significance
Safety belts are the most important safety system in motor vehicles and when worn intend to prevent serious injuries. However, in unusual circumstances (high velocity motor vehicle collisions) these safety measures (seat belts) can be the source and ...
Amit Agrawal +2 more
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Thinking outside the box is anathema to the 75-year-old U.S. airline business. This seriously palsied industry will need to rethink strategy if it is going to survive unpunished after the dust settles from recent merger talks and customer service ...
Alan R Bender
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There is an increased risk of death or serious injury for occupants who did not wear a seat belt in a crash. In New Zealand, between 2006 and 2016, the non-use of seat belts accounted for 19-30% of the overall motor vehicle road deaths, and this figure ...
Lily Hirsch +5 more
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Pattern of seat belt use by drivers in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Background In Trinidad and Tobago, the law on the mandatory use of seat belts was passed in 1995, but this law is hardly enforced. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency and predictors of seat belt use by motor vehicle drivers in the ...
Odekunle Abayomi +2 more
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