Title: Transportation policies in increasing traffic safety
Abstract: In our century, all economical social, cultural and touristic facilities are available through the rapid, confident and satisfactory transporting. Transportation policies are of great importance in terms of increasing productivity. Country's transport system plays an important role in revitalizing the social, cultural and economic activities of countries. Therefore, the efficient use of resources, the rapid distribution of goods and services, the development of domestic and foreign trade will only be possible with careful planning of transport and the establishment of a regular transport network. It is desirable that the transport system to be selected for passenger and freight transport should be fast, economic, safe, and environmentally friendly systems suitable for the country conditions. Transportation policies are determined in the direction of these expectations. Besides the positive results of transport systems, it brings some problems. The most important of these problems is related to traffic safety, which is also the main topic of study. There are some studies on road safety in the World and in Europe. These studies; the development of new technologies, such as the provision of road signs and traffic penalty analogies, the restriction of alcohol content, the reduction of the number of lives lost in road traffic accidents, the development of electronic driving licenses, the limitation of intelligent transportation systems and the speed of vehicles. The aim of this study is to examine the policies to increase traffic safety. As a result of this study, the applications of the policies for traffic safety and the deficiencies of the implementation point in the country of Turkey are determined and suggested.