This paper presents Direction based Hazard Routing Protocol (DHRP) for disseminating information about fixed road hazards such as road blocks, tree fall, boulders on road, snow pile up, landslide, road maintenance work and other obstacles to the vehicles approaching the hazardous location. The proposed work focuses on dissemination of hazard messages on highways with sparse traffic. The vehicle...

skid resistance and road condition are common indices of road safety; therefore providing adequate skidding resistance will reduce the incidence of road accidents. the surface macrotexture has a large effect on the characteristics of road surface skidding, which is the focus of this research. during the study, the mean texture depth of the road surface was measured, in order to determine the co...

Injuries caused by traffic accidents cause many deaths and disabilities children. Road traffic injuries are the main cause of death between the ages of 15 and 19 years and is the second cause of death among 5 to 14 year olds. Children's attitudes about driving and safe use of roads formed in 11 years. Road traffic injuries is one of the five cause of disability among children. Most victims betw...

Worldwide, more than 185,000 children under 18 years die from road traffic accidents annually (each four minutes a child death occurred due to road crashes); with most casualties from developing countries. 95% of road traffic fatalities among children occur in developing countries. Many more children are injured, often severely, and suffering from different disabilities. Road accidents cause ex...

sleep deprivation is a condition of not having enough sleep it can be either chronic or acute. a chronic sleep-restricted state can cause fatigue. fatigue is a subjective state related to sleep deprivation, the more someone is deprived of sleep the more likely that person is to be fatigued. several studies indicated that drowsiness/fatigue can affect steering performance and speed control. rese...

This paper reports on a study that formed part of a Europe-wide investigation of the impact drugs, medications and medical conditions have on road safety (the IMMORTAL project) (Impaired Motorists, Methods of Roadside Testing and Assessment for Licensing). This larger research programme is investigating the accident risk associated with different forms of driver impairment and the implication f...

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68 • IATSS RESEARCH Vol.27 No.1, 2003 PERSONALITY AND SPEEDING – Some Policy Implications – Richard TAY Philip CHAMPNESS Barry WATSON Associate Professor in Road Safety Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Te...