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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Traffic Fatalities"”.
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Essays on the Labor Market, Hard Drug Use, and Traffic Fatalities
… et al. 2013 paper "Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption" and extend the analysis using a more appropriate estimator given the differential rollout of the treatment (Callaway and Sant' Anna, 2021). From 1990 to 2010, medical marijuana laws (MML) were adopted by …
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Βιομετρική διερεύνηση των τροχαίων ατυχημάτων στην Ελλάδα και της επιπτώσεώς τους στο προσδόκιμο της επιβιώσεως του ελληνικού πληθυσμού
This study presents the evolution of traffic fatalities in Greece, during the period 1956-1982. The mortality rates from traffic accidents increase for both sexes until 1979. From 1979 until 1981 there is a minor decrease in the mortality rates from traffic accidents. After the 4th year of age …
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Assessing the Effects of the Ignition-Interlock Device on Recidivism
In 2012, there were 10,322 traffic fatalities in the U.S. involving at least one driver with a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. This was approximately 31% of all traffic fatalities that year (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2013a). The ignition-interlock device is …
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Essays on Marijuana Legalizations
… the effect of medical marijuana laws on traffic fatalities by replicating “Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption” (Anderson et al., 2013) using a more appropriate estimator given the differential rollout of the treatment (Callaway and Sant’ Anna, 2021). …
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Data-Driven Optimization of Automated Speed Enforcement Logistics
Canada’s collision fatalities are about 2000 lives a year, decreasing in the last decade, reaching 1745 in 2020 due to initiatives like Vision Zero. Among municipalities’ priorities is to enforce speed limits to reduce speeding-induced traffic fatalities, constituting 27 % of all traffic fatalities …
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Modeling of Ethanol Metabolism and Transdermal Transport
Approximately 14,500 people were killed in traffic crashes where the driver was legally intoxicated in 2005, constituting 33% of all traffic fatalities that year. While social efforts to reduce the number of traffic fatalities have shown to be moderately successful, alcohol has remained a factor in …
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An investigation into the reduction of road safety risk in Cape Town through the use of microscopic simulation modelling : a vehicle-pedestrian and infrastructure interaction assessment
The record of road traffic fatalities in South Africa at around 15,000 per year has continued unabated over the last decade and has led to South African cities consistently featuring at the top of the list of worst known locations for road fatalities around the world. Worryingly, these statistics …
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A Location - Allocation Model For Pedestrian Footbridge infrastructure: A Case Study on the South Africa's National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) Network in Gauteng
Road fatalities are one of the leading causes of unnatural deaths in developing countries, such as South Africa. According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (2017), the number of road traffic fatalities were recorded to be 11 676 in the year 2016 and 42.6% of these road traffic fatalities …
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Essays in public health and early education
… disease, and the effects of light trucks on traffic fatalities. The first chapter examines the long-term effects of preschool interventions. Several influential experiments - Abecedarian, Perry, and Early Training - have convinced many economists that preschool interventions have super-normal …
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An economic model of highway fatalities
… interstates would prevent the greatest number of traffic fatalities. Other policy actions considered in order of their impact on highway fatalities include: more stringent enforcement of the 55 MPH speed limit, restricting teenage night-time driving, raising the driving age to 17 years of age, and …
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Newly Licensed Teenaged Drivers: A Field Study Evaluation of Eye Glance Patterns on Straight Road Segments
… 15-20 year olds, accounting for over 40% of all fatalities for this age group. Although teen drivers account for only 6.3% of the driving population, they account for 14% of all traffic fatalities (TSF, 2004). Currently there is a lack of continuous and naturalistic data in the field of teenaged …
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Effectiveness of Automatic Emergency Braking for Protection of Pedestrians and Bicyclists in the U.S.
In the United States, there were 36,560 traffic-related fatalities in 2018, of which 20% were pedestrians, bicyclists, and other vulnerable road users (VRUs) [1]. Vulnerable road users are non-vehicle occupants who, because they are not enclosed in a vehicle, are at higher risk of injury in traffic …
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Testing collaborative accessibility-based engagement tools : Santiago de Chile case
… -- such as congestion, pollution and traffic fatalities -- have followed, in most cases, the same trend. Latin American metropolitan areas, where generally public transit is still predominant, has important challenges in continuing their economic development without severe increases in …
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Highway madness! : politics and citizen participation in postwar U.S. traffic safety technology and policy
Modern U.S. traffic safety policy is largely guided by three overarching principles that have influenced governments, industry, and community and citizen activists since the 1940s. The terms, education, engineering, and enforcement, detailed in the Action Program for Traffic Safety were developed …
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Investigating the role of alcohol in road traffic collision fatalities in Western Cape, South Africa
Road traffic collisions (RTCs) are a major contributor to unnatural death worldwide, but especially in low-to-middle-income countries (LMICs) where motorised transport has rapidly expanded. A literature review into RTCs and alcohol indicated that it is well recognised that alcohol intoxication is a …
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A Framework for Identifying Roadway Characteristics Affecting Speeding-Related Crashes in Rural Areas
… on all roadways and is a leading factor in traffic fatalities and serious injuries. Rural roadways are often disproportionately impacted by these traffic crashes and fatalities, despite the lower traffic volumes and populations. It is important to address this speeding issue, especially in …
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Delivering Justice: Food Delivery Cyclists in New York City
… racially weaponizing a public policy to reduce traffic fatalities by exerting punitive disciplinary measures against immigrant delivery workers in the name of public safety.</p> <p>The transgressive, intersectional, and agentic movements of delivery workers expose the porosity of boundaries and …
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Safety and feasibility of a cloud-based architecture for multi-vehicle system
… not leveraging these benefits. The majority of traffic fatalities happens in high-speed multi-vehicle crashes. Causal analysis of multi-vehicle crashes reveal process model inconsistencies that lead the drivers to make wrong assumptions about vehicle capabilities and lead-vehicle separation …
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Analysis of Association Between Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Built Environment Factors and Pedestrian Safety Using Traditional and AI Approaches
… impairment, lighting conditions, and macro-scale traffic fatalities. In less severe crashes, broader societal and demographic influences are more prominent. The dissertation may provide insight for policymakers seeking to improve pedestrian traffic safety.
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Perceived Severity of Informal Sanctions: A Case Study of Convicted DUI Offenders in Cass County, North Dakota
… in about half of the roughly 50,000 annual traffic fatalities in the United States. Clearly, drinking-and driving is a major contributor in both the severity and the frequency of traffic accidents.</p> <p>The basic concept of deterrence states that people will refrain from behavior defined …
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