The world could save millions of lives and billions of dollars by making road travel safer thereby tackling a global pandemic more deadly than malaria.
No more drunk driving, no dozing off behind the steering wheel, no reckless overtaking. Could automated driving be the key to safe roads?
With populations aging in many industrialized countries, the elderly are increasingly prominent on our streets. But far from being an added risk as many people assume, elderly drivers are in some respects better drivers, says Christoph Lauterwasser of the Allianz Center for Technology.
Modern societies are adapting road transport for the most vulnerable, says Fred Wegman, Managing Director of the Institute for Road Safety Research in the Netherlands, but policymakers are not doing enough. New technologies, aging populations, and even climate change could help.
Road accidents are inevitable in a mobile society. Wrong, says Claes Tingvall, Director of Traffic Safety at the Swedish Road Administration and an architect of the Vision Zero policy that envisages a road traffic system with no accident fatalities.
Every year, about 1.2 million people die in traffic accidents. One third of these victims are young people under the age of 25. Why are young people so vulnerable in traffic and what can be done to save their lives?
Our cars have become safer, but also faster. An interview with Johann Gwehenberger, Head of Accident Research and Loss Prevention, and Jörg Kubitzki, traffic psychologist at the Allianz Centre for Technology, shows the importance of the technical-human interface when it comes to road safety.
