To characterise the Dutch road safety policy for the present and for the future, the following approaches can be given: (i) quantitative road safety targets for the year 2000 and 2010; (ii) a spearhead policy: alcohol, safety devices as seat belts and helmets, speeding, hazardous situations, older and younger road users, heavy traffic; (iii) emphasis on the importance of involving provinces, municipalities and market parties in road safety policies; and (iv) developing and implementing a sustainable safe road traffic system. The Dutch Government has set the following quantitative targets for road safety: a 25 percent reduction in the number of road deaths and injuries by the year 2000 (compared with 1985 levels) and a further reduction of 50 percent and 40 percent respectively by the year 2010 (compared with 1986 levels). (A)
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