Abstract: The article is devoted to increasing safety of the road traffic through implementing preventive psychological diagnostics of the driver's disposition for aggressive (dangerous) driving. The object of the research is the personality inventory aimed at assessing the driver's reliablity as well as whether the inventory can predict the driver's style of driving. The subject of the research is construct validity as a psychometric characteristic of the inventory. It is the characteristic that defines the quality (i.e. accuracy) of studying this or that individual psychological trait. For this reason, the authors have conducted the psychometric research of validity based on comparison of obtained results with inventory indicators which served as the standard (basis) for evaluation. The basic research methods combined diffedrent diagnostic methods (tests) and methods of mathematical and statistical data processing. The following tests and inventories have been used: Californian psychological inventory, Willed self-control inventory (offered by A. Zverkov and E. Eidman), Risk liability inventory (A. Shmelev), John Taylor's personal anxiety inventory, Five-factor questionnaire, Self-assertiveness Strategy Inventory (offered by A. Nikitin and N. Kharlamenkova) and BPAQ questionnaire. Comparitive correlation analysis of the diagnostic scales of the Driver's realiablity inventory with relevant indictors of the aforesaid seven tests has allowed to make a conclusion about the construct validity and good psychometric characteristics of the Inventory. The scientific novelty of the research is casused by the fact that the authors have tested a new innovative method of preventive dianogistics of the driver's disposition towards aggressive (dangeous) driving. Such analysis of personal traits of acting and future drivers allows to assist them with psychological help if necessary, to improve their style of driving and, finally, to increase the safety of road traffic. The results of the research also show that the Inventory can be used not only for drivers but also for internal affairs officers. 

Abstract: The paper is devoted to the possibilities of and approaches to the psychological prevention of interpersonal conflicts on public transport. The authors pay special attention to the need for the improvement of passenger service quality, decrease of the number of complaints about transport services, and provision for the fail-safety of public transportation. Among the methods of “driver-passenger” relations development the authors offer to improve the psychological work with public transport drivers. The authors develop and test the program of psychological prevention of interpersonal conflicts on public transport consisting of four two-hours’ long lessons. The lessons should be held in the form of seminars-trainings combining the discussion of topical issues of driver-passengers interaction, and training activities containing the typical problem situations which drivers encounter during their work. The psychological prevention program efficiency has been assessed during the experiment with the control and experimental groups. The validity of the results has been verified with the help of a “Student’s” t-test. Thus, the psychological prevention allows the drivers to acquire new experience, to form the skills of conflict-free communication in problem situations, to develop the skills of behavior control. The authors suppose that it will improve the quality of passenger service in the sphere of public transportation and enhance the road safety. 

Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of the variants of road safety improvement. Among the variety of approaches and means of pedestrians’ safety ensuring, the authors focus their attention on the passive means. The subject of a special attention is retro-reflecting elements. The authors study the accessible foreign experience and statistics of road accidents, involving pedestrians, and focus on such an affective and affordable instrument as retro-reflecting elements (flickers). The novelty of the study consists in the consideration and classification of the main types of retro-reflecting elements. The authors analyze the psychological mechanism of their impact on drivers and some aspects of perception. The authors conclude that it is necessary to broaden the sphere of development and use of retro-reflecting elements for pedestrians’ safety ensuring. The authors offer to improve the quality of flickers, their compulsory certification and the promotion of culture of personal safety ensuring among pedestrians. The information and analytical material is aimed at the guaranteeing of life and health of pedestrians and conforms to the modern tendencies and innovations in the sphere of road safety ensuring. 

Abstract: The article is aimed at the improvement of the traffic police’s work. The object of the research is automatic photo-video fixation of violations of the rules of the road. The subject of the research is the set of peculiarities of installation and application of stationary and mobile systems of photo- and video fixation by traffic police officers. The authors carry out the analysis of legal bases of use of technical means of rules of the road violation fixation. The authors compare the potential of various modern stationary and mobile complexes, systems and devices for the fixation of violations. This approach helps the authors to develop the methodology of installation and use of such complexes. The novelty of the article consists in generalization and comparison of the main characteristics of stationary and mobile complexes of automatic photo- and video fixation. The authors introduce the innovative methodology of use of automatic video fixation complexes. The proposed approach allows forecasting the need of this or that road network for the automatic photo-video fixation complexes, and increasing the efficiency of their use. The contained information and analytical material corresponds to the recent tendencies and innovations in the sphere of road traffic safety ensuring.