ROAD SAFETY

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ROAD SAFETY

• A BREIF INSIGHT

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ROAD SAFETY PLAN

• Provides the framework for an authority to roll
  out a safety strategy
• Aims to reduce future occurrence of casualties
  from road traffic accidents as well as its
  severity.
• It is reflected in the authoritys policy, which
  seeks enhanced safety for all road users,
• An integral part of its traffic management and
  highway improvement programmes.
• The vehicle for achieving this can be
  conventional, technological or innovative.
• Plan can be implemented through Education,
  Policies Enforcement, Intelligent Systems
  Technology and Design of Highway Schemes.

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EDUCATION

• Children
• Road Sense (Green Cross Code)
• Cycle Training Crossing Patrol
• Youth
• Government Policies and Campaigns
• Events / Workshops
• Elderly
• Public Shows
• Theatres Shows
• Talks for Organised groups / Associations

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POLICIES ENFORCEMENT

• Police
• Law Enforcement / Crime Prevention
• Speed Drugs Control
• Data Collection / Upkeep
• DVLA
• Setting Standards
• Vehicle Checks

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DESIGN

• Road Safety Engineering Measures
• Traffic Calming
• Vertical Horizontal Deflections
• Signage Schemes
• Road Safety Audit
• School Travel Plans

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AFFECTED GROUPS

• Planners
• Designers
• Motorist
• Vulnerable Road Users
• Passengers
• Pedestrians
• Cyclist
• Visually Impaired

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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

• Traffic Control and Management Systems
• Intervening Systems
• Speed reduction features
• Access Capacity Control
• Non Intervening Systems
• Informative / Intelligent Systems
• Real time Systems

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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

• Application of ICT (intelligent systems) can be
  used in the collection and monitoring of data on
  the highway, which can then be analysed with
  tools including Geographic Information Systems
  (GIS), into useful information for all road
  users. The possible information that may be
  collected include
• Real time weather information advising motorists
  of road conditions
• Road traffic information advising drivers of
  areas to avoid, thus enabling journeys to be
  adjusted

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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

• This provides a good real time road safety
  management tool, a variable that can be
  constantly changed or influenced using the
  appropriate management protocols. Typical
  information relayed to the drivers and road users
  can take as little as 3 Seconds.
• These may for example result in the provision of
  information on variable messaging signs in
  relation to locations of accident, which helps in
  avoiding further knock-on collisions. Lane
  closures can be deployed automatically on the
  affected highway, accompanied by the redirection
  of traffic accordingly.

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SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY

• Interfacing road infrastructure hardware with
  in-vehicle warning and control systems is another
  road safety groundbreaking area.
• Traffic speeds may also be varied using ICT based
  technologies. The posted limit may either be
  raised or lowered, to suit the condition of the
  road at any point in time. The number plate
  recognition technology may also be used to check
  for validity of road tax and other relevant
  information.
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SUMMARY

• Road Safety Plan
• Conventional Methods
• Systems Technology (The way Forward)
• Affected Groups
• Benefits
• Economical
• Social

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Conclusion

• Developing economies need to engage with industry
  and academia within the advanced economies to
  work towards the facilitation of discussions and
  exchange of "know how" that harmonise the digital
  gap between advanced and developing economies.
  This should provide the platform for businesses
  (in their operations and processes), corporate
  bodies, Academia, Government Agencies and all
  stakeholders to focus and optimise the
  application of technology for future global
  development, whiles ensuring mutual benefit and
  efficient optimisation of resources. The world is
  changing and so should we.