Volume 2 of the Australasian Road Safety Handbook aims to provide an up-to-date summary of research and other considerations in regard to the following key topics: * Road improvements as a road safety measure; * Road safety impact of road safety audits; * Maximising the road safety impact of advertising; * Road safety implications of excessive and inappropriate vehicle speed; * Road safety impact of fitting seat belts to school buses; * Road safety impact of rehabilitation programs for traffic offenders; * Road safety impact of medical testing of drivers; * Road safety impact of motorcycle training and licensing schemes; * Road safety implications of daytime running lights; * Improving child safety restraint systems; * Road safety education in schools; * Road safety implications of driver distraction; * Road safety implications of using hands-free mobile telephones while driving; and * Promoting vehicle crashworthiness. The overview for each topic generally consists of the following components: * a statement of the key road safety issue(s); * a description of current practices and policies in Australasian jurisdictions; * a summary of the research findings; * the identification of the various political, economic and other factors that may influence any official response; and * the conclusions to be drawn. (Author/publisher)
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