Journal of Ergonomics
Open Access

Department of Physics, Henan University of Urban Construction, Pingdingshan, China

Publications

• Review Article   
  Quickest Way to Reduce Road Deaths: To Implement Traffic Rules
  Author(s): Tianze Xu* and Binghua Wu
  
  In this study, firstly we compared the 13 interventions presented by UN to cut traffic accident in each country and found that high-income countries do not necessarily have Low Road Death Rate (LRDR) and low-income countries can achieve LRDR, and that being strict of any one of the 13 interventions does not guarantee LRDR while being lax of any one of the 13 interventions does not necessarily mean High Road Death Rate (HRDR). This means none of the interventions is a decisive factor in influencing a country’s road death rate. Furthermore, we compared the difference in traffic management between what is common in LRDR countries and what is common in HRDR countries. Through analysis, we argue that decisive factors are traffic rules and its enforcement. Specifically, we drew the following conclusions for safe traffic: 1) Government being strict in issuing driv.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2165-7556-23.13.324

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