European Road Safety Charter

Traffic Safety in theTRISTAR system

Transport systems allow satisfaction of people's basic transport needs. They are the basis for economic development and raising citizens' quality of life.

Society expects authorities to provide convenient transport in their getting to work, school and recreation facilities. Aiming to meet these needs by using a car has resulted in a rapid threat rise to the environment and people's health, as well as in a constant decrease in the effectiveness of functioning of the transport system.

With this in mind the cities of the Tri-City Agglomeration have undertaken steps to build transport systems which use ITS technology. Currently there is a procurement procedure taking place in the cities for implementation of this system, which includes implementation of a traffic safety improvement system. This will mean faster detection of road incidents and, thanks to introducing a driver information system, avoiding secondary incidents (crashing into a car which had been in a road accident). Implementing traffic management systems and Traffic Management Centers in Gdańsk and Gdynia will allow a quicker restoration of normal traffic conditions (to the state before the road incident) and thus decrease traffic congestion costs caused by road incidents.

The aim of a Road Safety Management System is to supervise road traffic, mold safer bahaviour of car drivers on roads by a more effective enforcement of traffic regulations. Molding safer bahaviour of drivers will be made possible by the Road Safety Management System interoperating with a Road Incident Detection Module and a Vehicle Identification Module using video detection ANPR and modules supporting the process of removal of road incident effects and minimalising their negative impact on traffic on the road network.

A fundamental element in the Road Safety Management System will be the module on automatic driver behaviour surveillance. It will use devices automatically detecting and registering vehicles exceeding the speed limit (momentarily and on average on a monitored distance or the STOP line at crossroads or on pedestrian crossing during red light for cars. The module will allow (in a separate data base) the storage of information on vehicles violating road traffic law together with photos of the violation.

There will also be: 1) a module diverting traffic to alternative or substitute router, assisting drivers in choosing the „safer" router to their destinations, 2) a module on speed management in dangerous places - the speed limit will be automatically adjusted to i.e. weather conditions, congestion, road incidents, and road works.