BBC World News published an article about a revolutionary idea that changed the way Europe regarded road collisions. Claes Tingvall, as the head of Road Safety for the Swedish Road Adminstration in 1995, tried to balance road safety with other factors, including cost, driver preferences and the impact on the economy of changing traffic flows. Tingvall found that crash victims were not, as many in the road transport sector, assumed – drunk and irresponsible drivers but for the most part, they were people who made small mistakes. He introduced the Vision Zero fatalities as ultimum target and the Safe System approach as the way to share the responsibility also to the Authorities and all those involved in the design and the operation of the road and traffic system to be preventive and forgiving to human errors, eliminating the crash and injury risk.
Claes Tingvall – Vision Zero Fatalities, May 2024
Related Posts
-
George Υannis – 30 Marathons in 30 months for 30 km/h speed limit in cities, November 2024
November 21st, 2024 | Comments Off on George Υannis – 30 Marathons in 30 months for 30 km/h speed limit in cities, November 2024 -
Preferences of Public Transport passengers towards contactless bank card payments, October 2024
November 21st, 2024 | Comments Off on Preferences of Public Transport passengers towards contactless bank card payments, October 2024 -
Ιnvestigation of dangerous driving behaviour by exploiting naturalistic driving data, October 2024
November 21st, 2024 | Comments Off on Ιnvestigation of dangerous driving behaviour by exploiting naturalistic driving data, October 2024