Showing papers in "Traffic Injury Prevention in 2009"

TL;DR: The findings lend support to delaying licensure among teenagers in the United States, where licensure commonly is allowed at age 16, and to graduated licensing systems that phase in unsupervised driving during high-risk situations as teenagers gain independent driving experience.

TL;DR: Early support for external validity for the driving simulator is suggested, indicating that the results of assessing driving errors when negotiating turns in the simulator can be generalized or transferred to the road under the same testing conditions.

TL;DR: The evidence supporting an organic basis for acute and chronic whiplash injuries is examined and the anatomical sites within the neck that are potentially injured during these collisions are reviewed.

TL;DR: There was a significant decrease in RTI-related death and morbidity rates in Iran, after the intervention programs were conducted, demonstrating the role of traffic police interventions, initiated simultaneously on a national level, in RTIs prevention.

TL;DR: The results of this study support other research in the field of health and well-being that indicate a link between obesity and fatigue, which is a major safety issue surrounding commercial motor vehicle operations given the long hours these drivers spend on the road.

TL;DR: There are serious health problems related to transport and recreational nightlife activities, and it is necessary to improve later public transport services, complemented by actions that deter the use of private cars.

TL;DR: In this pilot study among PD patients, the UFOV may be a superior screening measure for predicting on-road driving performance but its rigor must be verified in a larger sample of people with PD.

TL;DR: Since they were first introduced in the late 1960s, vehicle safety designs have saved hundreds of thousands of lives and prevented countless injuries worldwide and the designs that improved vehicle crashworthiness have been particularly effective.

TL;DR: Although they account for but a tenth of all large truck crashes, rollovers result from causes that are relatively unique to the vehicle and where it is driven.

TL;DR: The most common causes of RTC in Tehran are speeding, overtaking from the wrong side, and the rapid changing of driving lanes, which is more than that for any other disease such as cardiovascular or cancer.

TL;DR: Increasing age was strongly associated with the risk of dying or experiencing severe injuries for drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes with the greatest risk in drivers 85 years and older, which can be expected to occur in the oldest drivers.

TL;DR: Findings show that head-on collisions were the least ABS-affected crash types and collisions at intersections the most influenced, and that customers only purchase motorcycles with ABS.

TL;DR: The results show that CRS misuse and fitment errors are widespread in Australia and it is recommended that educational and awareness materials and programs that provide information on the safety benefits associated with correct CRS use be developed for both parents and children.

TL;DR: Practical recommendations are given that researchers, traffic police, medical authorities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), educational institutions, and municipalities can adopt to lower the risk of pedestrian crashes.

TL;DR: The subjective police assessment of severity of injury was discordant in many instances with an objective measure of severity, which has implications for interpreting New Zealand's road safety statistics, the assessment of road safety programs, and the allocation of funding to target specific road safety problems.

TL;DR: There are people with drug dependencies who drive for living in Iran and Deterrence programs through screening and random drug testing at police stations and legislation regarding charges of drugged drivers and prohibition from driving for long time periods are essential priorities in traffic safety.

TL;DR: The available evidence indicates that increasing the licensing age would further reduce young driver crashes and that New Jersey, with its combination of higher licensing age and strong graduated licensing provisions, is the model.

TL;DR: Increasing the conspicuity of upcoming roundabouts through larger “roundabout ahead” and “yield” signs could reduce speeds by alerting drivers ahead of time, especially at night.

TL;DR: Findings suggest the merits of multipronged efforts to prevent crashes and to improve bicyclist safety in NYC and in other dense, urban environments.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated associations between outcome measures used in driving research including self-reported crashes, state crash records, and an on-road driving test (ORT) and found that during the last five years, 22.3% reported a crash, 10.0% had a crash in the twelve-month follow-up period, and 3.6% had state-recorded crashes during the twelvemonth followup period.

TL;DR: The results demonstrate that, if coordinated properly, media and enforcement campaigns work very effectively in increasing seat belt usage rates even in states with secondary seat belt laws.

TL;DR: Street racing is a neglected research area and the time has come to examine the prevalence and causes of street racing and the effectiveness of various street racing countermeasures.

TL;DR: This article outlines the new random drug testing legislative framework and the drug testing procedures currently in place in Victoria and examines the data collected through the operation of the framework for the first two years since implementation.

TL;DR: A 12-month prospective multi-center study was designed to ascertain the entire injury profile, injury severity, and risk factors in motorcycle injured Nigerian maxillofacial patients.

TL;DR: The best sets of comparison crashes for disaggregations by driver age and gender and vehicle type were found to be multi-vehicle crashes in which the vehicle was damaged in the rear or multi- vehicle crashes inWhich the driver was adjudged to be not at fault.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated roof strength and injury risk using a single class of vehicles with similar driver and vehicle usage characteristics in the expectation that some potential confounders will be controlled by this focused analysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the effect of roof strength on the rate of driver injury while assessing and controlling for the effects of driver age, vehicle stability, state, and other factors where necessary.

TL;DR: Front seat occupants of later MY vehicles injured during crashes experience a decreased likelihood of very severe thoracic injuries, spinal injuries, and death.

TL;DR: Results show that the groups at risk of recidivism can be pinpointed, particularly for drugged drivers, and that drugs, especially amphetamines, are a risk factor for faster rearrest.

TL;DR: It is indicated that Iranian motorcyclists can be categorized into distinct groups according to motivation for motorcycle use, and motorcyclist risky behaviors are related to motivational factors.