France

摘要

The potential of improvement for safety is still extremely important. The only socially acceptable target is to look for zero killed and severely injured on the roads. A few figures from the French accident research show the potentials. Going from 70 % to 100 % safety belt wear rate could reduce fatalities in cars from one third. In more than half of the deadly accidents alcohol or excessive speed is a direct cause. Those three factors, safety belt, alcohol and speed are directly related to the driver's behaviour and I am convinced that changing the way the driver considers driving is certainly the first source of progress for safety. This has of course a lot to do with political decisions. Nevertheless there are some technological and regulation issues that can also influence the situation for both passive and active safety.