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Dimensions of the Traffic Safety Problem
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Traffic safety is described as a problem with technological, behavioral, sociological, and value dimensions. Accidents are viewed as “localized system failures,” symptomatic of an underlying problem that includes: an imbalance between driver capabilities and the demands of the motor vehicle transportation system; the absence of functional communication between the administrative units responsible for the input and functioning of men, vehicles, and environment; and the lack of recognition and resolution of the trade-offs between safety and other desired system outputs and characteristics.
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Blumenthal, M., "Dimensions of the Traffic Safety Problem," SAE Technical Paper 670011, 1967, https://doi.org/10.4271/670011.Also In
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