Creating General Road Safety Policies (National Vision), with Attention to VRUs Measure: Description: A=adoption of a strong National Vision and B=adoption of quantified safety targets Current Practice: In Brazil, efforts were developed to implement a National Policy on Traffic Safety Problems, including the proposition of qualitative and quantitative targets but no effect was produced. Proposition reached the public consultation stage and there is a proposal for voting a legal instrument to state the National Policy on Traffic Safety Problems as part of a National Urban Mobility Direction Act. Furthermore, nowhere a strong vision was credibly set out ... Potential for Transferability: Negative Effects Positive Effects Regulatory: The previous effort in setting targets, including their Regulatory: The culture of using quantified target seems to be definitions by law, was remembered as signing to the need of adopted and currently there is a proposal for a law defining goals, if improved approaches. The bureaucratic fear of failing to reach targets not targets, for national and local mobility plans, including traffic was mentioned as a point against them. The difficulty to set targets safety. The adoption of the new law (and/or its practice) could that could weight the local diversity among cities and regions was increase planning, development, value and objectivity of policies. mentioned as a problem. Technical: Technical difficulties were judged as minor but local Technical: The quantified targets were mentioned as a tool for specificities and availability of good accident data were mentioned as reducing political interference in traffic safety policies. The availability problems. The need of information dissemination on good policies of human resources to carry out traffic safety problems was also was noted. The possibility that policies would be better applied at an mentioned. intermediate level (States), neither the national nor the local level, was also suggested. The interference of political agents was also mentioned as a problem. The difficulty is warranting resources legally allocated to The management costs are taken as reduced, unless a Economic: Economic: traffic education and management was stressed as the main point. new technical body would be required to carry-out the tasks. The Otherwise, resources effectively available could be a constraint. improvement of the position of bodies in getting resources and benefits to society from reduction of traffic accidents and their effects were also mentioned. Behavioural: To get commitment (from the community to the Police) Behavioural: Targets are taken as a tool for strengthening the political would be the major problem, including continuity and enforcement of position of bodies, mostly successful ones, and for control by society. targets.
Measure: Creating General Road Safety Policies (National Vision), with Attention to VRUs Description: A=adoption of a strong National Vision and B=adoption of quantified safety targets Current Practice: In Brazil, efforts were developed to implement a National Policy on Traffic Safety Problems, including the proposition of qualitative and quantitative targets but no effect was produced. Proposition reached the public consultation stage and there is a proposal for voting a legal instrument to state the National Policy on Traffic Safety Problems as part of a National Urban Mobility Direction Act. Furthermore, nowhere a strong vision was credibly set out ... Potential for Transferability: Negative Effects Positive Effects Regulatory: The previous effort in setting targets, including their definitions by law, was remembered as signing to the need of improved approaches. The bureaucratic fear of failing to reach targets was mentioned as a point against them. The difficulty to set targets that could weight the local diversity among cities and regions was mentioned as a problem. Regulatory: The culture of using quantified target seems to be adopted and currently there is a proposal for a law defining goals, if not targets, for national and local mobility plans, including traffic safety. The adoption of the new law (and/or its practice) could increase planning, development, value and objectivity of policies. Technical: Technical difficulties were judged as minor but local specificities and availability of good accident data were mentioned as problems. The need of information dissemination on good policies was noted. The possibility that policies would be better applied at an intermediate level (States), neither the national nor the local level, was also suggested. The interference of political agents was also mentioned as a problem. Technical: The quantified targets were mentioned as a tool for reducing political interference in traffic safety policies. The availability of human resources to carry out traffic safety problems was also mentioned. Economic: The difficulty is warranting resources legally allocated to traffic education and management was stressed as the main point. Otherwise, resources effectively available could be a constraint. Economic: The management costs are taken as reduced, unless a new technical body would be required to carry-out the tasks. The improvement of the position of bodies in getting resources and benefits to society from reduction of traffic accidents and their effects were also mentioned. Behavioural: To get commitment (from the community to the Police) would be the major problem, including continuity and enforcement of targets. Behavioural: Targets are taken as a tool for strengthening the political position of bodies, mostly successful ones, and for control by society.