Citation

Pikunas A, Astrauskas J, Pumputis V, Kinderyte-Poskiene J. Proc. Road Saf. Four Continents Conf. 2005; 13: 9p.

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(Copyright © 2005, Conference Sponsor)

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Abstract

Next to the positive effect on economics, transport also has a detrimental effect on the environment and society. Big damage is caused by the road transport accidents where people become killed or injured, vehicles and transport constructions broken, and environment polluted by the spill of fuel, oil, transported materials, etc. Each year the global figures of the people who die in automobile traffic accidents reaches 700,000 and number of injured reaches 15 to 20 million. In other words, more than 1 in 100 people are killed in the world every day and more than 40,000 become injured. Rapid growth of auto mobilization causes an increasing number of problems in the efforts to ensure safe traffic in Lithuanian roads and streets. Ensuring safe traffic is one of the most urgent traffic problems.