The Study on Prevention of the Traffic Accidents─A Case Study of Taitung County Police Bureau

• Main Authors: Kuang-chun Lo, 羅光中
• Other Authors: Ben-Chu Sun
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bdzd75

碩士 === 國立臺東大學 === 區域政策與發展研究所 === 97 === With the era and environment progressions and constant changes in the time and spatial factors, the personal income has been increasing gradually, followed by the expansion of the metropolitan environment and the expansion in the daily traffic volume caused by the increase in the number of cars. Accompanied with the increase in the number of cars is the gradual increase in the occurrence of traffic accidents. Upon the occurrence of the accident, the management often causes a profound amount of social costs. For reducing the waste of the social resources, the resolution of the traffic issues has raised the level of attention among the general public. For the purposes of effectively preventing the occurrence frequency of traffic accidents on the streets and lowering the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents, the synergy of multiple measures in the aspects of traffic engineering, traffic education and advocacy, and traffic law enforcement is needed for achieving the expected objectives. By utilizing various opportunities and adopting the step-by-step education and advocacy methods, a common awareness of the traffic laws and driving responsibilities can thus be achieved among the general public. The study selected the service units of the Taitung County Police Bureau as the research targets, which encompasses Taitung City, Peinon Village, Green Island Village, and Lanyu Village. The precincts exhibited metropolitan, village, and offshore island characteristics, accounting for 58.08% of the Taitung County population. Positioned as the capital region of Taitung County for politics, economy, and culture, the occurrence rate of the traffic accidents on the road, however, accounted for 64.9% of traffic accidents in Taitung County. For such high frequency of traffic accidents on the road, the prevention measures to be adopted shall be merited with our in-depth thinking and study, as the primary objective of the study. Therefore, the study would conduct a series of correlation analyses on the traffic accidents that caused deaths and injuries to the individuals involved and were registered with the Taitung Service Unit of the Taitung County Police Bureau. Further, a series of investigations will be conducted specifically on the traffic accident prevention tasks based on the data analysis results, followed with the proposition of corresponding prevention plans as the service planning references for the stations of the Taitung Service Unit. Through the service planning and execution by each station, the effective prevention of the traffic accidents would be desired for solidly ensuring the safety of the general public and asset security. The study proposed the relevant plans specifically based on the analysis results for preventing the traffic accidents from occurring on the streets. The plans are basically categorized into four components as below: 1. The promotions can be conducted by utilizing various gatherings, public announcement systems installed in the villages and townships, charity events, mass events, or village and township events (including various tribal harvest hestivals) for promoting the regulations and contents pertaining to the traffic safety, guiding the general public to comply with the traffic rules, and safeguarding the personal life, asset, and public safety. 2. The traffic safety facility improvements include the improvement or addition of traffic signs and signals and road conditions for preventing the occurrence of traffic accidents caused by poor road conditions and for ensuring the safety of the personal life and asset. 3. The service planning tasks include the review of the traffic accident occurrence causes (including the overall and individual case reviews). The enhanced traffic management actions shall be imposed on the road sections with a higher frequency of traffic accidents, and the service-related tasks shall also be fortified (including the banning and supervisory actions). 4. For the project operations, utilize various service actions to prevent and reduce the occurrence of the traffic accidents on the road. To summarize, the study conducted the analysis, research, and investigation of the data of the occurred traffic accidents, which was the original data, to provide each police station with the service planning references. Furthermore, through the service planning and execution by each police station, the effective prevention of the traffic accidents would be desired for solidly ensuring the safety of the general public and asset security.