The evidence suggests that international jurisdictions which have made the most progress in reducing human trauma (fatalities and injuries) from road crashes have done this by taking a safe system approach, i.e., making improvements across all three major areas: driver behaviors, road design, and vehicle design and safety, as well as building a road transport system that allows for human error. This book presents current research in the study of traffic safety, including using systems analysis to improve traffic safety; transport related issues and concerns in developing countries; electronic stability control; and new trends in road traffic safety. Table of Content: Chapter 1 - Social Aspects of Perceptions of Traffic Hazards among Children and Adolescents in Rio de Janeiro as Input for Educational Programmes at School (Eloir de Oliveira Faria, Marilita Gnecco de Camargo Braga, Rio de Janeiro Municipal Transport Bureau, Brazil, and others); Chapter 2 - Towards a Comprehensive Model of Driver Aggression: A Review of the Literature and Directions for the Future (David W. Soole, Alexia Lennon, Barry Watson, C. Raymond Bingham, Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, and others); Chapter 3 - Vehicle Safety Standards in Canada (Neil Arason, Joelle Siemens, Ediriweera Desapriya, Office of the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Victoria, BC, Canada, and others); Chapter 4 - Using Systems Analysis to Improve Traffic Safety (Nathan Minami, Stuart Madnick, U.S. Army, and MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts); Chapter 5 - Safety Promotions for Motor Vehicle Crashes-Related Spinal Column and Cord Injuries (Mohammad R. Rasouli, Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, and others); Chapter 6 - Traffic in Developing Countries: An Environmental Perspective (Sharad Gokhale, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, India, and others); Chapter 7 - Vehicle Safety Standards; (Ediriweera Desapriya, Centre for Community Child Health Research, Child and Family Research Institute, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Chapter 8 - Electronic Stability Control (Glen Nicholson, Jennifer Campbell, Ediriweera Desapriya, Chamalie A. Weerasooriya, Ian Pike, LLB, Barrister & Solicitor, Prince George, BC, Canada, and others); Chapter 9 - The Understanding and Perception of Traffic Signs by Novice Drivers: A Preliminary Study (Annie W.Y. Ng, Alan H.S. Chan, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, and others); Chapter 10 - Advance Space Technology in the Linear Transportation System for Safety and Security Purposes (Rustam B. Rustamov, Saida E. Salahova, Sabina N. Hasanova, Maral H. Zeynalova, Elman Aleskerov, Institute of Physics, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan, and others). (Author/publisher)
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