Research Article
Mar 1978
Road Accidents
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 104, Issue 2
Abstract
A realistic evaluation is attempted of the underlying human instincts and weaknesses contributing to the complexity of the road accident problem. The thin veneer of civilization is stripped away to reveal the real man, his need for security, his irrationality, and his space-age natural selection. Individual and societal decision making are examined in the light of the preceding, and the personal agony flowing from defective decisions highlighted. The wider ramifications of blind technological forces shaping society are integrated into the accident syndrome.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 104 • Issue 2 • March 1978
Pages: 169 - 174
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© 1978 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Mar 1978
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Murray A. Muspratt
Visiting Scholar, Civ. Engrg., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif., on leave from Caulfield Inst. of Tech., Victoria, Australia
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