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Why the United States lags in auto safety and lessons it can import.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20805808     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The United States has slipped in recent decades from its role of leadership in combating road crash injuries. The early promise of the country's approach to vehicle safety regulation, adopted by law in 1966, has suffered because of decades of regulatory inertia caused by antiregulatory government policies, industry obstructionism, and failure to set meaningful goals. Meanwhile, other industrial nations have vastly outpaced the United States in reducing crash deaths and injuries. The Obama administration is thus challenged to learn from other nations' successes while reestablishing the US presence as a vigorous proponent of effective crash injury reduction strategies. It can best accomplish this by crafting approaches and objectives that reduce motor vehicle use, reduce harmful disparities within the US vehicle population, and reduce motor vehicle travel speeds.
Authors:
Benjamin Kelley
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of public health policy     Volume:  31     ISSN:  1745-655X     ISO Abbreviation:  J Public Health Policy     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-31     Completed Date:  2011-01-06     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8006508     Medline TA:  J Public Health Policy     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  369-77     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Product Hazard Consulting, 3157 Hacienda Drive, Pebble Beach, California 93953, USA. ben.kelley@yahoo.com
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Accidents, Traffic*
Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence,  standards*
Automobiles / legislation & jurisprudence,  standards*
Consumer Product Safety / legislation & jurisprudence,  standards*
Health Policy
Health Status Disparities
Humans
Safety Management / methods,  standards*
United States
Wounds and Injuries / epidemiology,  prevention & control*

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