Traffic Safety and the Driver

Traffic Safety and the Driver is a book authored by Leonard Evans.

Reception

While the data presented is in some regards dated, the concepts apply now as they did then.^[opinion] This book has been repeatedly referred to as a classic in the fields of traffic safety, vehicle safety, and crash prevention.^{[by whom?]} It has been positively reviewed by most of the world's most influential technical journals in relevant fields.^{[1][unreliable source?]} Traffic Safety and the Driver is now largely eclipsed by the author's more recent book Traffic Safety, which has received similarly enthusiastic reviews.^{[2][unreliable source?]}

Chapter headings

The book was organized as follows:

• Introduction
• Effects of Sex and Age
• An Overview of U.S. Traffic Fatalities
• Engineering, Roadway and Environmental Factors
• Driver Performance
• Driver Behavior
• Alcohol's Role in Traffic Crashes
• Drunk Driving Countermeasures
• Effectiveness of Occupant Protection Devices When Used
• Restraint-Use Laws, Use Rates, and Field Effectiveness
• User Responses to Changes in Traffic Systems
• How You Can Reduce Your Risk
• An Attempt to Estimate the Relative Importance of Factors
• Traffic Safety in Broader Contexts
• Conclusions