Transportation Security & Safety

In most highway vehicle categories, the number of fatalities increased, with a single exception. There was a decrease of 24 fatalities in the category of medium and heavy trucks (Transportation fatalities increaseà, 2003). As Peters (2003) has pointed out, a world class highway system offers enormous mobility to both commercial shippers and private individuals. While there are more than 42,000 highway-related fatalities each year, more troubling still is the fact that the U.S. records more than 3 million highway related injuries each year or more than 90 percent of all transportation related fatalities and injuries (Peters, 2003).

Peters (2003) drew upon fatality crash data and injury profiles to identify several specific areas requiring immediate attention: intersection safety, pedestrian safety, and roadway departure reductions. There is also a need, says Peters (2003), to improve data collection, storage, and dissemination which would facilitate better problem identification and to develop new and more cost effective countermeasures that improve safety

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ress and safety of containers. It is clearly to the advantage of both U.S. authorities and international shippers to take advantage of this technique. Additionally, with respect to WMD, Schoenberger (2003) reported that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is now placing agents or inspectors in foreign ports. Eighteen of the top 20 ports worldwide are on board in various stages of development. Apart from scrutinizing customers and containers, the new 24-hour rule has been put into effect, mandating early filing of shipping documents. This helps to ensure that customs agents are not taken by surprise and also provide an opportunity for the electronic scanning of containers via automatic camera systems. In the United States, Schoenberger (2003) has stated that the Department of Homeland Security hired 270 more Customs Inspectors who are equipped with $45 million worth of high tech gear that can scan for explosives, nuclear weapons, and biological and chemical weapons through the closed door of a container. These technologies, though costly, are seen by government officials as increasingly necessary in order to halt terrorism. Cuneo (2003) reported that private sector shippers are embracing the use of new technologi
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