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Road safety and metrology: what’s binomial?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2010

M. do Céu Ferreira  and
A. Cruz
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Abstract

Efficient traffic enforcement requires a system characterized by regulations wheremetrology must have a significant role. It is important for competent authorities andmanufacturers to have efficient measurement traceability within the framework ofconformity assessment of instruments available on the market. Therefore a growing interestlies in the role of metrological decisions in conformity assessment, particularly wheremeasurements are in support of safety and health, such as in road safety. This paperfocuses on the role of Portuguese Legal Metrology in the field of road safety, itemphasizes the relevance of metrological control of some measuring instruments in thefield of the National Program Strategic Plan for Road Safety, as a way to prevent andmonitor the crash rate.

Keywords

Road safetypolicylegislationmetrologymeasuring instruments
Type
Research Article
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International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , 2010 , pp. 11 - 15
Copyright
© EDP Sciences 2010

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