In such an important area as the restraint of children in car crashes, it is essential whilst developing a programme of education and promotion, that the end object of reducing...
The legislation making it compulsory for vehicle occupants to use approved restraints does not apply to children aged under eight years. Observation surveys of usage have...
Coroners' data on blood alcohol concentrations of fatally injured crash victims in New South Wales are examined. Published data from Victoria and Queensland are summarised. It...
Investigations by the New South Wales Department of Motor Transport's Traffic Accident Research Unit over the past two years, into ways of reducing excessive drink-driving, have...
From time-to-time, questions arise regarding the role played in traffic crashes by caravans towed by cars or car-derived vehicles (station wagons, utilities, panel vans). It has...
Paper presented on 26th October, 1979 at the Road Safety Seminar, Ministry of Transport, Queensland. Child restraints give to children the level of crash protection that...
This report is intended as a source of information to be used in the development and evaluation of child safety restraints. It is in the main literature survey of Australian,...
This report deals with an in-depth study of 149 children who were ostensibly restrained in preparation for crashes, and who actually experienced collisions of the passenger cars...
In New South Wales, details of all classes of motor vehicle licences except the 16,000 Metropolitan taxi licences were in 1971 stored on 80-column, 12-zone punched cards in the...
In providing the means for mobility for countless thousands of people in this highly urbanised and affluent society, the highway system must perforce cater for many individuals...
Report forms concerning the deaths of 120 motorcycle riders in traffic crashes in New South Wales have been studied. Most of those killed were young men. Deaths were...
When a vehicle, after travelling in a straight line, is driven along a curve, the path swept by the vehicle increases in width. This paper describes a means by which the swept...
The New South Wales Government has provided heavy sponsorship through the Traffic Accident Research Unit of the Department of Motor Transport of two drink-driving campaigns. The...
A dynamic test for seat-belt assemblies is soon to be a mandatory requirement for new cars sold in Australia. As an aid to the development of suitable test requirements, a...
This paper discusses the value of existing driver training and education programmes and concludes that further research is required in order to find ways of motivating drivers...
Legislation laying down a legal limit for blood alcohol concentration was introduced in New South Wales in 1968, but has had a disappointing effect on drink-driving behaviour....
Relevant research related issues are briefly examined. The known influence of experience implies the possibility of effective education and training. At present, however, there...
Text of Speech by David C Herbert, Superintendent, Traffic Accident Research Unit, New South Wales Department of Motor Transport at the DRIVER EDUCATION SEMINAR conducted by the...
The driving task involves the processing of signals received by the sensory organs, the making of decisions based on those signals, and the performance of various physical...
Driver education schemes may be divided among three groups: (a) Basic training. This provides the skill necessary to drive the vehicle, and the information on road rules...