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dc.contributor.authorGlendon, Ian
dc.contributor.editorBurke, R. J., Clarke, S., & Cooper, C. L.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:16:44Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:16:44Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-02-10T04:05:06Z
dc.identifier.isbn9780566089831
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/42159
dc.description.abstractThis chapter considers safety aspects of four common transport modes - air, sea, rail, and road. These operate in many different ways, for example all involve commercial (passenger and freight) and private travel (albeit a minute proportion of rail traffic). Managing the safe operation of each of these modes, involving numerous complex interactions, requires many specialist functions. Table 11.1 summarizes major categories within each travel mode, including commercial, commuting, leisure, and other forms. Transport is a ubiquitous feature of all our lives with most people undertaking some form of daily travel, while transport brings food and meets other survival needs. As a relatively recent evolutionary development, humans have adapted quickly to the myriad forms of transportation now available, including coping with the inherent complexity of many forms of travel. For example, driving a vehicle involves the most complicated series of tasks that most of us ever engage in, exceeding the complexity of most jobs between daily commutes. Public transport may involve protracted check-in and security processes (Williams, 2007), while interfaces between transport modes may create additional challenges.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherGower
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.routledge.com/products/isbn/9780566089831
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleOccupational health and safety
dc.relation.ispartofchapter11
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom239
dc.relation.ispartofpageto275
dc.relation.ispartofedition1st
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380108
dc.titleSafety and risk in transportation
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGlendon, Ian I.


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