Loads Off Roads: Shifting Freight to Rail Creates a Shift in Road Safety
| Autor: | Peter MacKenzie |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Road Safety, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2010) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2652-4252 2652-4260 |
| Popis: | Australia is not meeting national road safety targets, national progress in reducing road trauma over recent years has been much slower than was originally projected, and we face a challenging future in which it will become increasingly more difficult to achieve reductions in road trauma without significant investment in the road network. Trucks are over-represented in road fatalities, and destructive crashes involving trucks occur across Australia far too often to be considered acceptable in either road safety, public health or the on-road transport workplace systems that it represents. Yet with political will, coupled to industry and community support and co-operation, we can choose to begin saving more lives quite quickly through compulsory shifting of more freight from road to rail, beginning with specifically targeted routes and freight type – particularly fuel products and other dangerous goods. |
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