The Dutch national traffic safety policy is based on: (1) an adequate infrastructure; (2) a reduction of the complex task of road users; and (3) on traffic education, training and information. This should result in a decrease of 50% of the number of persons killed and 40% of the persons injured in traffic in the year 2010 compared to the year 1986. Items to which attention must be paid are the spearheads of the safety policy. The main issue, however, is creating a traffic safety system that lasts. This policy on traffic safety is based on an integrated approach of all the organizations involved. The police are one of these organizations. Five different areas are defined as links in the policy chain involved in the fulfilment of traffic regulations. These areas are: (1) policy; (ii) regulation; (iii) execution; (iv) enforcement; and (v) organization. The organization of the police in the Netherlands has been changed since April 1994. The validation of the police tasks in society has also been changed. Traffic safety is considered as a part of the policy on mobility and general safety. The role of the police in traffic is integrated in the general task of the police. Traffic safety, mobility and the protection of the environment are the main traffic items for the police.
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