Eliminating serious injury and death from road transport : a crisis of complacency /
The book explodes the myths that currently drive society's view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples fr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Boca Raton
CRC Press,
[2014]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The book explodes the myths that currently drive society's view of traffic safety and limit progress in reducing death and serious injury. It presents current scientific knowledge in a non-technical way and draws parallels with other areas of public safety and public health. It uses examples from the media and from public policy debates to paint a clear picture of a flawed public policy approach and offers preventive medicine principles to take the field forward. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (202 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1482208253 9781482208252 |