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Saturday, November 21st, 2009Rail Road
Reducing Traffic Fatalities Means Funding Road Improvements
The reduction of funds from the Road Traffic Fatalities improvements. We will work to keep our roads safe and in Good Condition to help maintain traffic deaths to a minimum.
(NAPSI)-The good news: the laws of the seat belt, child restraints, antilock brakes and air bags have largely contributed to falling numbers of deaths during the 1980s and 1990s.
The bad news: the numbers, flattened by the turn of the century. We’ve been stuck at around 42,000 deaths every year since. For those of us responsible for the design, control of the nation and the improvement of roads and bridges, which has been a frustratingly difficult decade.
U.S. reports have indicated traffic fatalities were reduced by up to 10 percent last year, partly due to higher gas prices that contributed to slower speeds and fewer cars on the roads. Now, with the lowest gas prices, it is clear what the long term impact will be.
What if we could reduce deaths in half or better?
Within 10 years the technology will allow cars to talk to each other and the road detection and response to warnings of red light, the exit lane, the merging of vehicles, and other visible and invisible dangers .
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates of these control systems could prevent nearly half of all rear-end collisions or one of every eight accidents.
Imagine railroad crossings safer, where the rail system transmits a signal warning drivers of approaching trains.
Advanced sensors could also provide continuous data on temperature, precipitation and visibility, improved responses from the departments of transportation. Today, 17 percent of all road deaths occur in adverse weather conditions.
According to the Federal Highway Commission, poorly designed roads and bridges, pavement and the security account for about 30 percent of the nation’s annual road deaths.
But the roads can be safer. New designs - including soundtracks, “forgive†the road trip poles and railings, bridge and control systems, and access ramps and exit signs clearer and more - and are contributing to fewer accidents.
While the stimulus plan of $ 27.5 million for roads, a huge backlog of maintenance, inspection and repair of projects remains. U.S. Department of Transportation $ 61.4 billion of the estimates is needed to improve roads and bridges.
As a nation, we must reinvest in our most critical infrastructure. Our transport system is the circulatory system that carries the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. Only through the deployment of intelligent infrastructure that leverages modern technologies can deliver the promise of increased security, sustainability and growth of future generations.
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