Author(s):
1. Nermina Hasić, Univerzitet u Istočnom Sarajevu Saobraćajni fakultet Dobo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2. Mevludin Udvinčić, Saobraćajni fakultet Doboj, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract:
Vulnerable participants in traffic are participants who are not driving motor vehicles and they are including pedestrians, bikers, drivers of two.wheeler, also persons in wheelchairs, old and helpless people, children and persons with lower vision, hearing, etc. Drivers of motor vehicles must pay particular attention when vulnerable participants are on the roadway. Article 112, paragraph (2) of the Law on Road Traffic Safety Basis (ZoOBS) of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which relates to the obligations of the driver towards pedestrians, stipulates that if the driver moves in a wet pavement / pavement in the settlement, he is obliged to adjust the speed of movement of the vehicle in order to avoid spraying pedestrians moving by the edge / edge of the carriage / pavement or sidewalk / sidewalk.Putting vulnerable participants in a danger in traffic per kilometer to, especially pedestrians and cyclists, is much higher than for motorists. The aim of this paper is to explore the interactions between the driver and the vulnerable traffic participants, especially the pedestrians, in the territory of Gradačac municipality and to point out existing problems, as well as to suggest solutions. The paper will present and analyze the results of the research. The study will use the observation method.

Key words:
Participant, pedestrian, driver, drivers behaviour

Thematic field:
Improve road safety behaviors

Date of abstract submission:
20.10.2018.

Conference:
VII Međunarodna konferencija Bezbjednost saobraćaja u lokalnoj zajednici

Paper's page in collection:
259 - 266

Final paper