1. HIGHWAY SAFETY IN PAKISTAN Adnan Masood Manager QHSE Byadnanmasood84@hotmail.com
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3. There are a number of administrative, legal, technical, socio-economic and cultural reasons for it.
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5. FOUR E'S OF HIGHWAY SAFETY Engineering: Making roads safe and fast by incorporating engineering improvements such as separation of grades and carriage-ways, installation of signs, signals and road markings to guide the road users along their travel paths with speed and safety. Education:Educating the road users in the rules of the road to inform them of their rights and limitations as road users, to prevent them from creating a situation hazardous to themselves and to other road users. Enforcement: Preventing violation of the rules of the road by the road users by organizing a very effective enforcement agency. Environment: Minimized environmental pollution during Construction/Rehab/maintenance.
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7. Total cost is estimated to be about a billion US $ every year.