Impact of drink-driving penalty enhancement policies on road traffic injury deaths among vulnerable road users in Shandong Province: an interrupted time series study [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Road traffic injuries (RTIs) rank as the seventh leading cause of death in China, with over 70% of these fatalities involving vulnerable road users (VRUs). In 2011, the Chinese government revised and implemented a new road traffic safety law,
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Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Communication for Vulnerable Road Users: Survey, Design Considerations, and Challenges [PDF]
Sensors, 2019 In the last few years, increasing attention has been provided to research Vehicle-to-Pedestrian (V2P) communication systems. These V2P systems serve different purposes (safety or convenience) and cater to different Vulnerable Road User (VRU) groups. Also,
Parag Sewalkar, Jochen Seitz
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Pedestrians: The vulnerable forgotten road users
International Archives of Health Sciences, 2022 Masoud Motalebi, Mehrdad Mahdian
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Editorial A focus on vulnerable road users [PDF]
Transactions on Transport Sciences, 2017 Ralf Risser +2 more
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Vulnerable Road Users: Characteristics of Pedestrians
Journal of Road Safety, 2012 Pedestrians are vulnerable road users and comprise the largest single road user group. Walking is a major form of transport in urban areas and crossing a road is a key element in a journey on foot. A pedestrian network is part of the transport system and
Zoran Bakovic
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Vulnerable Road Users in a Safe System
Journal of Road Safety, 2017 Road users such as pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are highly susceptible to crash forces. Yet, while Safe System thinking accords susceptibility to crash forces and a forgiving system as focal principles, the greater vulnerability of these road ...
Trevor Bailey, Jeremy Woolley
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INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, CYCLISTS, AND PEDESTRIANS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POTENTIAL USERS AND NON-USERS OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES [PDF]
Transport Problems, 2022 In a few years, autonomous vehicles will slowly become part of traffic flow. This paper evaluated the level of perceived fear of interactions of autonomous vehicles (AVs) with other (vulnerable) road users of different actors in the Czech Republic ...
Lucie VONDRÁČKOVÁ +2 more
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ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF TECHNICAL MEANS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL ON THE SAFETY OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS [PDF]
Дороги і мости, 2022 Introduction. The development and modernization of the road network and road infrastructure in Ukraine requires its provision with modern technical means of traffic control to ensure safety of all road users. Problem statement. A significant number of
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Improving attitudes towards vulnerable road users
Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2023 Some car drivers pass vulnerable road users (VRUs) at too high a speed and leave too little gap. Research suggests that out-group bias and a lack of empathy may relate to these dangerous incidents. To address this problem, four road safety videos were created with the aim of increasing car drivers' empathy toward Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs).
David Crundall, Editha van Loon
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Inclusive road infrastructure safety management in the settlement: An approach to improving the safety of vulnerable road users [PDF]
Tehnika, 2020 In the last ten years, there has been a stabilization of traffic fatalities on the roads of the world. At the same time, the death toll of persons in the armor of vehicles was reduced, and the death toll of persons outside the armor of vehicles ...
Čabarkapa Milenko R.
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