Automobile Insurance: Road Safety, New Drivers, Risks, Insurance Fraud and Regulation (CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON TRANSPORTATION 25TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES, 1971-1996)
Год выпуска: 0 Автор: Georges Dionne, Claire Laberge-Nadeau Издательство: Страниц: 0 ISBN: 079238394X
Описание
Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. Indeed, motor vehicle accidents are a significant cause of death in comparison with air and space transport accidents, homicides and even HIV infections, causes which are more often highlighted in the media. As shown in this book, motor vehicle accidents are particularly damaging to very young drivers. The assessment of driving risks is a common concern for road transportation safety and the automobile insurance industry. In both cases, there is an awareness of the great losses resulting from the deaths, injuries and property damage caused by traffic accidents. Research is essential to counteract this public health threat, to assess the success or failure of countermeasures, and to solve the problems it generates in the insurance industry. This book is for people concerned about road crashes (prevention and compensation) and about the insurance problems they...