O bezpieczeństwie pieszych : nie trzeba chyba dodawać, że chodzi o bezpieczeństwo pieszych w ruchu drogowym, ale tak na wszelki wypadek...

• Autorzy: Narożny J.
• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

PL

Wszyscy zdajemy sobie sprawę, że piesi są niechronionymi uczestnikami ruchu drogowego - podobnie jak rowerzyści, ale o nich już pisałem. Zderzenie pieszego i pojazdu z reguły kończy się w wiadomy sposób - powyżej prędkości 30 km/h pieszy ma wykładniczo malejące szanse na przeżycie, a powyżej 70 km/h to już pewna śmierć. Jak więc chronimy, a przynajmniej staramy się chronić tych „niechronionych uczestników ruchu”? Czy oni sami starają się nam - w tym przypadku sobie - pomóc?.

EN

Since the beginning of the traffic - probably even earlier - everyone who had not a transportation mean other than his own legs should be called a „vulnerable traffic participant”. So the problem is rather of the eternal nature for almost each of us is from time to time a pedestrian tending to cross the road along the shortest way from A to B, not necessarily along the perpendicular line between those points. Drivers are in turn not supposed to be conscious of a pedestrian finding himself near the crossing, having their attention focused on zebras. Obviously each contact between a vehicle and a human body is harmful to the latter. In a study performed by the author in late 80’s of the last century it was found that almost 10% of accidents with pedestrian occur near the crossing (up to 10 metres) and also 10 (slightly more) % accidents occur at places where crossing the road is forbidden. Within the scope of 40 - 70 km/h the impact of a vehicle is very harmful to the pedestrian; below the 30 km/h velocity there is a 95% probability of surviving of a pedestrian, over the limit of 70 km/h this figure falls dramatically to as low as 5%. Between those two limits the risk of death is raising exponentially. Faster vehicles and limited possibilities of forecasting the potential effects of collision of some drivers turn the pedestrian safety into pedestrian threat. Stopping distance at 76 km/h which is the mean velocity in rural roads within a built-up areas and at 65 km/h which is the corresponding value within towns and cities is 40 and 60 meters, respectively. This means that the driver has only 2,2 or 2,8 second to react, brake the vehicle and stop it touching only the pedestrian. As Poland is a leader among the EU countries in the number of fatalities per 1 million inhabitants and the number of fatalities per 100 000 road accidents, a dramatic question should be raised, is there any way to improve this situation?.

Słowa kluczowe

PL

ruch drogowy; bezpieczeństwo ruchu drogowego; pieszy

EN

road traffic; road safety; pedestrian

• Wydawca: Media-Pro Polskie Media Profesjonalne Ewelina Nawara
• Czasopismo: Drogi : lądowe, powietrzne, wodne
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: [nr] 12 (20)
• Strony: 32--37
• Opis fizyczny: fot., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Narożny J.

• Traffpol

Uwagi

1. W artykule wykorzystałem materiały własne oraz opracowane i opublikowane przez ITS oraz Zygmunta Użdalewicza.