Road Safety Education in the Context of the Sustainable Development of Society: The Romanian Case

Abstract

Abstract:The increased number of road accidents, leading to deaths and serious injuries is a social problem facing most of the world countries, which can affect the sustainable development of a society. This has economic implications, because it impacts the increase of expenditure on hospitalization and the recovery costs of those injured. The current article is based on a quantitative research, coordinated by the authors, conducted among traffic participants from Romania. The major objective of the study was to quantify the main aspects of seatbelt wearing behavior. The research was carried out at national level and used a systematic probabilistic sampling. The sample contains 4346 subjects, of which 3120 were from the automobile section, representing the topic of this article, and being representative of the Romanian adult population. The main research results showed that the percentage of women always wearing seatbelts (76.4%) is higher than the percentage of men (69.9%). Additionally, the highest percentage of people always wearing seatbelts is found at the age group over 55 years (85.2%). The percentage decreases with age-the age group 18-25 are the least likely to wear seatbelts.

Analisa Perlambatan Kecepatan Kendaraan Di Penghujung Traffic Light Perempatan Jalan Dengan Menggunakan Persamaan Differensial Derajad Satu. (Studi Kasus Ruas Jalan Ir. H. Soekarno–Kertajaya Indah Surabaya)

“…Kecepatan kendaraan merupakan salah satu parameter yang sering dipakai untuk menganalisa karakteristik dari sebuah jalan yang memiliki volume lalu lintas yang tinggi, dimana dengan volume lalu lintas tinggi rawan adanya kemacetan [9], [10] dan terjadinya tabrakan antar kendaraan bermotor [11]- [13]. Sebuah kendaraan pada saat volume lalu lintas rendah dapat melaju dengan kecepatan melebihi dari kecepatan yang dipersyaratkan untuk ruas jalan tersebut, namun pada saat volume lalu lintas yang tinggi sebuah kendaraan akan bergerak melambat, dipercepat, melambat lagi seiring dengan dinamika pergerakan total kendaraan yang ada pada ruas jalan tersebut.…”

Commercial motorcyclists and road safety measures compliance. A case study of Dodoma city, central Tanzania

“…RTAs are influenced by many factors such as high speed, driving under influence of alcohol, and psychoactive substances, drivers’ fatigue, use mobile phone while driving, inadequate law enforcement, vehicle defect, and poor infrastructure (road) [ 19 ]. In Tanzania human factors account for 76.4% of all causes of road accidents [ 17 ].…”

Stampede Prevention Design of Primary School Buildings in China: A Sustainable Built Environment Perspective

“…There remains a need to promote a novel aspect of refurbishment that improves building environments in terms of safety and demands about the special residents, especially those of vulnerable groups (e.g., young and elderly people) [ 23 ]. Several studies, such as Koh et al [ 24 ] develops a process of sustainable renovation considering the elderly’s mobility in existing neighborhoods in Singapore or the study developed by Bratucu et al [ 25 ], which combines the safety with the sustainable development in the road construction. Nevertheless, some architectural and human factors (e.g., evolutionary individual characteristics data, dynamical behavior preferences, multiple risks, etc.)…”