DRIVER\u27S PROFILE CAUSING THE ACCIDENT AT RAILROAD LEVEL CROSSING

Diplomsko delo predstavlja nesreče in prikazuje ukrepe za večjo varnost na nivojskih prehodih ceste čez železniško progo. Poudarek je predvsem na vozniku povzročitelju nesreče na nivojskem prehodu ceste preko železniške proge. Varnost je neko stanje, ko smo zavarovani pred nevarnostjo oziroma ko želimo nekaj preprečiti. Po zakonskih določilih ima vlak ali drugo tirno vozilo prednost pred cestnimi vozili. Vsi nivojski prehodi čez železniško progo morajo biti urejeni s predpisi, da bi bilo čim manj nesreč. Cilj je preprečevati nesreče na nivojskih prehodih ceste čez železniške proge, katerih posledice so materialna škoda, lažje poškodbe, težje poškodbe in smrt ljudi, ki prečkajo nivojski prehod ceste čez železniško progo. Obstajajo različni varnostni ukrepi, za zagotavljanje varnosti udeležencev v cestnem prometu. V Republiki Sloveniji poznamo in uporabljamo različne načine za zavarovanje oziroma označevanje prehodov ceste čez železniško progo: Andrejev Križ, svetlobni signali, polzapornice in zapornice. Kljub vsem signalnovarnostnim napravam in opozorilom prihaja do velikega števila nesreč na nivojskih prehodih ceste čez železniško progo. Zaradi tega dejstva sem se odločil za diplomsko nalogo z naslovom: »Profil voznika povzročitelja nesreče na nivojskem prehodu ceste čez železniško progo«, v kateri obravnavam temo o varnosti v železniškem prometu. V jedru diplomske naloge je predstavljen profil voznika povzročitelja nesreče na nivojskem prehodu ceste čez železniško progo. Dejansko diplomsko delo obravnava vzorec voznika v cestnem vozilu, ki ni upošteval s tem prometnih določil zakonov oziroma na osnovi zakona izdanih pravilnikov. To so vozniki, ki najpogosteje povzročijo nesrečo na nivojskem prehodu ceste preko železniške proge. Če bi ti vozniki upoštevali pravila in signalizacijo na nivojskih prehodih ceste preko železniške proge, bi bilo prometnih nesreč na nivojskih prehodih v velikem številu manj. Te ljudi je potrebno izobraziti in jih pripravili do doslednega upoštevanja pravil, saj bi s tem rešili življenja, zmanjšali poškodbe ter zmanjšali materialno škodo, ki nastane pri nesreči na nivojskem prehodu ceste preko železniške proge.The purpose of diploma thesis is to describe accidents and present safety measures to improve safety on the railroad level crossings. The emphasis is mainly on the driver who is responsible for an accident at railroad level crossing. Safety is the state of being safe and protected against any type of danger. By statutory law, a train or other rail vehicle has absolute priority over motor vehicles. All railway level crossings - railroad level crossings should be regulated by rules that would minimize the number of accidents. Our goal is to prevent accidents at railroad level crossings where the consequences are property damage, minor and serious injuries and death of people who are crossing the tracks. There are various security measures used to ensure safety of all participants in road traffic. In the Repubic of Slovenia we know and use different safety devices in order to indicate railroad level crossings and maintain level crossing safety, such as: Saint Andrew\u27s Cross, flashing lights, half barriers and full barriers. Despite all these safety devices and warnings there is still a large number of accidents that happened at railroad level crossings. Because of this fact I have decided for diploma thesis entitled »Driver\u27s profile causing the accident at railroad level crossing« which addresses the issue of railway safety. In the main part of my thesis the profile of the driver responsible for an accident at railroad level crossing is described. Diploma thesis deals with the driver in a road vehicle who did not obey the traffic rules and statutory law. These drivers cause the accidents at railroad level crossings most frequently. If they obeyed the traffic rules and were aware of signaling devices, the number of accidents would decrease. It is necessary to educate those people and to make them understand the importance of strict compliance with the regulation. Knowledge and appropriate behaviour would save lives, reduce injuries and property damage resulting from an accident at railroad level crossing