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Saving 20000 Lives on Our Roads

Author : European Commission

Publisher : Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 45,97 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Traffic accidents

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The European road safety action programme describes the present situation, the challenges to be met and the courses of action available to the European Union. It also includes a detailed list of around sixty specific measures. It reaffirms the overall objective of halving the number of road accident victims by 2010 (the current figure is 40000 fatalities every year in EU-15). The programme is designed to encourage road users, both private and professional, to behave more responsibly, industry to produce safer vehicles and public authorities to improve road infrastructure. It also provides for the creation of a European Road Safety Observatory within he European Commission. An innovatory aspect of the programme is that it proposes that all parties concerned, public and private, subscribe to a European Road Safety Charter.



EJISE Volume 14 Issue 1

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Publisher : Academic Conferences Limited

Page : 167 pages

File Size : 37,18 MB

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Control and Reduction of Armaments

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Subcommittee on Disarmament

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Page : 1418 pages

File Size : 46,3 MB

Release : 1956

Category : Arms control

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Control and Reduction of Armaments

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations

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Page : 1740 pages

File Size : 38,47 MB

Release : 1956

Category : Disarmament

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Driver Distraction

Author : Michael A. Regan

Publisher : CRC Press

Page : 674 pages

File Size : 17,35 MB

Release : 2008-10-15

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1420007491

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Certain activities and events both inside and outside a vehicle can distract drivers and lead to degraded performance. New technologies- such as entertainment, communication, and driver assistance systems- play a significant role in distraction. This unique volume defines driver distraction, discusses various causes, and explains how to measure acceptable and unacceptable levels of distraction. Several chapters address measurement techniques based on performance and epidemiological studies. Most importantly, the text explores ways to mitigate driver distraction as well as countermeasures including vehicle design and effective legislation.



Drugs of Abuse

Author : Raphael C. Wong

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 41,43 MB

Release : 2007-11-05

Category : Medical

ISBN : 1592599516

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A comprehensive review of the science of drug testing in all its aspects, placing emphasis on technologies that use body fluids other than urine for determining the presence of drugs of abuse. The authors discuss the various body fluid specimens suitable for testing for illicit drugs-particularly saliva, sweat, and hair-describe the structural and manufacturing aspects of on-site testing devices based on lateral flow immunoassay, and detail the pitfalls of using these specimens. They also discuss in detail the problem of sample adulteration and its detection. Since oral fluid has the best potential of succeeding urine as the next matrix of choice for drug detection, four popular saliva testing devices are examined: Intercept®, the Drager Drug Test®, Oratect®, and Drugwipe. Political, social, and legal issues are also considered in articles on privacy, the use of drug testing in courts, and the problem of sample adulteration.





Sustainable Development Policy Directory

Author : W. Alan Strong

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 672 pages

File Size : 26,88 MB

Release : 2008-04-15

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 1405173394

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This Directory means that a whole range of built environment professionals need never be caught out by the perversities of policy – in its formulation or on its journey into the real life of you and me. To have in one place the means of not only burrowing down into any one policy, but also of exploring the interconnections is a precious resource for any professional - ‘sustainability literate’ or not. Today, nobody who delivers our built environment can be excused from taking responsibility for the future. Armed with this Directory their contribution can only be made more effective. Sara Parkin OBE Forum for the Future This desk-top reference on sustainable development provides essential information for all who need to be up-to-date and familiar with the implications of the legal, fiscal and planning frameworks around the global and local sustainability agenda. It is relevant to a range of organisations and individuals - from national and local authorities, professional bodies, built environment professions, academia, environmental consultancies, non-governmental organisations and others. Carefully designed to facilitate access for a diverse range of stakeholders, it covers international, European, British and local policies in key built environment themes, and develops their inter-relationship to sustainable development. The Directory addresses each theme in a series of tables which summarise the policy purpose and also provide web-links to view the specific policy documents. The themes covered are: · Biodiversity · Climate Change · Construction · Energy · Environment · Planning · Pollution · Social Issues · Sustainable Development Policy and Practice · Transport · Urban Development · Waste Management · Water Other books of interest: The Green Guide to Specification Anderson ISBN: 1405119616 Smart & Sustainable Built Environments Yang Hardback ISBN: 1405124229 Sustainable Property Development Keeping Paperback ISBN: 0632058048 Previously Developed Land Syms Paperback 1405106972 Evaluating Sustainable Development Brandon 0632064862 Cover design by Garth Stewart www.thatconstructionsite.com



Transportation Accident Analysis and Prevention

Author : Anton de Smet

Publisher : Nova Publishers

Page : 294 pages

File Size : 49,41 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9781604562880

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This book is dedicated to research on transportation accidental injury and damage, including the pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. It also includes studies of human, environmental and vehicular factors influencing the occurrence, type and severity of transportation accidents and injury; the design, implementation and evaluation of countermeasures; biomechanics of impact and human tolerance limits to injury; modelling and statistical analysis of accident data; policy, planning and decision-making in safety and prevention of traffic accidents.



Pacific Automobilism

Author : Gijs Mom

Publisher : Berghahn Books

Page : 1002 pages

File Size : 34,22 MB

Release : 2022-09-13

Category : Transportation

ISBN : 1800735642

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The beginning of the 21st century has seen important shifts in mobility cultures around the world, as the West’s media-driven car culture has contrasted with existing local mobilities, from rickshaws in India and minibuses in Africa to cycling in China. In this expansive volume, historian Gijs Mom explores how contemporary mobility has been impacted by social, political, and economic forces on a global scale, as in light of local mobility cultures, the car as an ‘adventure machine’ seems to lose cultural influence in favor of the car’s status character.