Chapter 1
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
1.1 Introduction
Vehicles play an important role in our lives everyday. A constant change in lifestyles and occupations, rural to urban migrations, increasing populations, urbanization and modernizing infrastructures has made man more and more dependent on vehicles. Vehicles are a means of transportation for all. In the pursuit for a better economy the developing world has resorted to acquiring faster means of transporting people and goods. Increasing number of vehicles coupled with haphazard city planning and unscientific road designs has resulted in making the general public vulnerable to road accidents every year.
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Crosswalks are designed to keep pedestrians together where they can be seen by motorists, and where they can cross most safely across the flow of vehicular traffic.
Marked pedestrian crossings are often found at intersections, but may also be at other points on busy roads that would otherwise be too unsafe to cross without assistance due to vehicle numbers, speed or road widths. They are also commonly installed where large numbers of pedestrians are attempting to cross (such as in shopping areas) or where vulnerable road users (such as school children) regularly cross. Rules govern usage of the pedestrian crossings to ensure safety; for example, in some areas, the pedestrian must be more than halfway across the crosswalk before the driver proceeds.
Traffic Lights
Traffic lights, also known as traffic signals, traffic lamps, traffic semaphore, signal lights, stop lights and robots, and also known technically as traffic control signals are signaling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic. Traffic lights alternate the right of way accorded to road users by displaying lights of a standard color (red, yellow, and green) following a universal color …show more content…
Cumhur Aydın, the issue of road safety has become of increasing concern to the civil societies and governments of the Arab world due to the high level of fatal accidents occurring every day. Because of the high physical and human costs associated with these accidents, road and driving authorities in Arab countries have put greater emphasis on promoting road safety in terms of road conditions, vehicle conditions, driving regulations and measurements and professional driver training.
Based on the assessment of the road safety data, it can be concluded that limited road safety statistics are available and even less is known about the accident causes, especially when it comes to accidents involving trucks. In case of available data, it can be concluded that the data are not harmonized (e.g. vehicle class and definition of truck, pick-up, and weight) between countries and that in many cases the figures outdated (Dr. Cumhur Aydın,
THE PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING
1.1 Introduction
Vehicles play an important role in our lives everyday. A constant change in lifestyles and occupations, rural to urban migrations, increasing populations, urbanization and modernizing infrastructures has made man more and more dependent on vehicles. Vehicles are a means of transportation for all. In the pursuit for a better economy the developing world has resorted to acquiring faster means of transporting people and goods. Increasing number of vehicles coupled with haphazard city planning and unscientific road designs has resulted in making the general public vulnerable to road accidents every year.
Accident is an event, occurring suddenly, unexpectedly and inadvertently under unforeseen …show more content…
Crosswalks are designed to keep pedestrians together where they can be seen by motorists, and where they can cross most safely across the flow of vehicular traffic.
Marked pedestrian crossings are often found at intersections, but may also be at other points on busy roads that would otherwise be too unsafe to cross without assistance due to vehicle numbers, speed or road widths. They are also commonly installed where large numbers of pedestrians are attempting to cross (such as in shopping areas) or where vulnerable road users (such as school children) regularly cross. Rules govern usage of the pedestrian crossings to ensure safety; for example, in some areas, the pedestrian must be more than halfway across the crosswalk before the driver proceeds.
Traffic Lights
Traffic lights, also known as traffic signals, traffic lamps, traffic semaphore, signal lights, stop lights and robots, and also known technically as traffic control signals are signaling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic. Traffic lights alternate the right of way accorded to road users by displaying lights of a standard color (red, yellow, and green) following a universal color …show more content…
Cumhur Aydın, the issue of road safety has become of increasing concern to the civil societies and governments of the Arab world due to the high level of fatal accidents occurring every day. Because of the high physical and human costs associated with these accidents, road and driving authorities in Arab countries have put greater emphasis on promoting road safety in terms of road conditions, vehicle conditions, driving regulations and measurements and professional driver training.
Based on the assessment of the road safety data, it can be concluded that limited road safety statistics are available and even less is known about the accident causes, especially when it comes to accidents involving trucks. In case of available data, it can be concluded that the data are not harmonized (e.g. vehicle class and definition of truck, pick-up, and weight) between countries and that in many cases the figures outdated (Dr. Cumhur Aydın,