Evaluating the impacts of the demerit points system on traffic law violations and driver involvement in road accidents in Israel

V Gitelman, E Doveh, A Korchatov, W Elias… - European Transport …, 2023 - Springer
Demerit points systems (DPS) have been used in many countries as a means for improving
road safety, by monitoring traffic law violations of drivers and applying corrective measures …

Evaluating the impact of criminalizing drunk driving on road-traffic injuries in Guangzhou, China: a time-series study

A Zhao, R Chen, Y Qi, A Chen, X Chen… - Journal of …, 2016 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Background: Road-traffic injury (RTI) is a major public-health concern worldwide. However,
the effectiveness of laws criminalizing drunk driving on the improvement of road safety in …

A radical change in traffic law: effects on fatalities in the Czech Republic

J Montag - Journal of Public Health, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background This study examines short-and long-run effects of a new—stricter—road traffic
law on traffic accident-related fatalities in the Czech Republic. The law introduced tougher …

The impact of harm reduction programs and police interventions on the number of syringes collected from public spaces. A time series analysis in Barcelona, 2004 …

A Espelt, JR Villalbí, M Bosque-Prous… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background To estimate the effect of opening two services for people who use drugs and
three police interventions on the number of discarded syringes collected from public spaces …

Safe driving and executive functions in healthy middle-aged drivers

U León-Domínguez, I Solís-Marcos… - Applied …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The introduction of the point system driver's license in several European countries could
offer a valid framework for evaluating driving skills. This is the first study to use this …

Impact of road safety interventions on traffic-related occupational injuries in Spain, 2004–2010

M López-Ruiz, JM Martínez, K Pérez, AM Novoa… - Accident Analysis & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the impact of road safety interventions, including the penalty point
system (PPS) and the reformed Spanish penal code (RPC), on traffic-related occupational …

Trends in mortality due to motor vehicle traffic accident injuries between 1987 and 2011 in a Spanish region (Comunitat Valenciana)

I Melchor, A Nolasco, J Moncho, JA Quesada… - Accident Analysis & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To analyse the time evolution of the rates of mortality due to motor vehicle traffic
accidents (MVTA) injuries that occurred among the general population of Comunitat …

Road accidents and business cycles in Spain

J Rodríguez-López, GA Marrero, RM González… - Accident Analysis & …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper explores the causes behind the downturn in road accidents in Spain across the
last decade. Possible causes are grouped into three categories: Institutional factors (a …

Impact of the penalty points system on severe road traffic injuries in Kuwait

S Akhtar, AH Ziyab - Traffic injury prevention, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of a penalty points system (PPS)
implemented in early July 2006 on the number of severe road traffic injuries (RTIs) in Kuwait …

Cost savings associated with 10 years of road safety policies in Catalonia, Spain

A GarcÃa-Altes, JM Suelves… - Bulletin of the World …, 2013 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the road safety policies introduced between 2000 and
2010 in Catalonia, Spain, which aimed primarily to reduce deaths from road traffic collisions …