is addressing pedestrian safety necessary? Attachment C <br />Attachment B <br />Safe system approach <br />Safer travel <br />to <br />Alert and compliant road use, <br />Safer speeds <br />(lower speeds more <br />forgiving of human error) `J <br />Human <br />tolerance <br />Safer roads <br />Safer and roadsides <br />vehicles ! (more forgiving <br />of human error) <br />i <br />information I Enforcement <br />supporting of road rules <br />road users <br />Source: 16 <br />The Safe System approach to road safety recognizes that transport is important to <br />society, and advances the view that travel should be safe for all road users as they <br />interact with roads and vehicles to facilitate movement. The aim of the Safe System <br />approach is the elimination of fatal crashes and reduction of serious injuries through <br />provision of a safe transport system that is forgiving of human error and takes into <br />account people's vulnerability to serious injury. This is done through a policy focus <br />on road infrastructure, vehicles and travel speeds, supported by a range of activities in <br />education, behaviour change, regulation, enforcement and penalties. <br />The key principles of the Safe System approach are summarized as follows (16): <br />. Recognition of human error in the transport system: People will make mistakes in <br />traffic that can easily lead to injuries and death. The Safe System approach does not <br />ignore road user behaviour interventions but emphasizes that behaviour is just one <br />of many necessary elements to promote safety on the road. <br />. Recognition of human physical vulnerability and limits: People have a limited <br />tolerance to violent force, beyond which serious injury or death occurs. <br />. Promotion ofsystem accountability: Responsibility for traffic safety must be shared <br />between road users and system designers. While road users are expected to comply <br />6 <br />Page 151 <br />