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30 Minutes ... Before Your Driving Testby Edward Baker; Peter Dore
Kogan Page 1998; US$ 3.95Are you worried about taking your first driving test? Do you feel so nervous that you can't concentrate on what you have learnt? Taking your driving test can be a nerve-racking business - but it needn't be that bad. This practical guide will help you overcome your fears. It provides hints on the measures you can take, and attitudes that you can adopt to tip the odds of passing in your favour. more...
Shipping and Ports in the Twenty-first Centuryby Brian Slack; David Pinder
Routledge 2004; US$ 240.00The rapid change of pace in the global economy and the importance of understanding the roles played by port and shipping systems in both enabling and responding to this economic dynamism provides the rationale for this new book. more...
Motor Fleet Safety and Security Managementby Daniel E Della-Giustina
CRC Press 2004; US$ 129.95Motor Fleet Safety and Security Management provides you with a thorough understanding of a comprehensive motor fleet safety and instructional program. It lays the groundwork necessary for effective management of transportation systems This volume addresses the steps necessary for successful driver selection, training, instruction, and supervision. Other topics covered include elements of a fleet safety program, accident prevention, considerations for a small fleet, vehicle inspection, organization of accident data, job safety analysis (JSA), fleet transportation publicity, school bus safety, hazardous material shipping and storage, and transportation security. The book contains an appendix that offers a model of a motor fleet transportation... more...
International Maritime Transportby James McConville; Alfonso Morvillo; Heather Leggate
Routledge 2004; US$ 198.00International maritime transport can be analysed from a number of equally important spheres, such as geography, business, economics and history. This new collection integrates these differing approaches for the first time. more...
Fatal Exitby Thomas M. Kowalick
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005; US$ 88.95FATAL EXIT is the first and only book documenting the decades-long debate among the automotive industry, government regualtors, and safety and privacy advocates over what the public terms "automobile black boxes". The book briefly traces the history of the debate from 1974 to 2004, and then clearly presents opposing viewpoints for and against the widespread use of emerging Motor Vehicle Event Data Recorder (MVEDR) technology. The arguments are followed by proposals to proceed with developing and utilizing the technology in ways that are both effective and respectful of individual privacy. The reader of this book will be able to develop an informed opinion as to the usefulness of MVEDRs and thus contribute intelligently to the debate as the... more...
Keeping Children Safe in Trafficby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 50.00In many OECD countries, road-related crashes are the number one killer of children under the age of 15. Tragically, one child out of every 2100 will die before their fifteenth birthday in a road-related incident, and a considerably higher number will suffer severe injuries or lifelong disabilities. more...
Road Safety Performanceby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 39.00The European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) has embarked on a new approach to strengthening its work on road safety. To this end, the ECMT works to contribute more effectively to the debate on the improvement of road safety policies by conducting peer reviews of the measures and policies enacted by member countries. more...
Safe and Sustainable Transport: A Matter of Quality Assuranceby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 84.00Road safety is generally a mixture of three components, namely, the road, the vehicle and the driver, or, as also referred to by the ECMT, the infrastructure, the vehicle and human behaviour. Promotion of road safety is more and more possible only through a larger scope of interest -- environment, sustainability, and quality of life. more...
Container Transport Security Across Modesby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2005; US$ 26.00The terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 revealed the need to re-examine the security of transport systems. In this context, maritime shipping containers have emerged as an area of particular concern for transport authorities. Until now, initiatives to enhance security in container transport have primarily focused on individual modes. more...
Seacurityby Maarten van de Voort; Kevin A. O'Brien; Adnan Rahman; Lorenzo Valeri
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95The purpose of this document is to raise awareness concerning the current status of maritime security and its vulnerability to terrorism. The main obstacles in achieving a less vulnerable maritime system are identified. Beginning with issues regarding threats to maritime and ? more specifically ? to container commerce, the report discusses the issues and possible solutions that these issues raise. more...