Overview of the Traffic – Vehicle – Transmission System

The interrelations between traffic and traffic engineering and the economy as a whole are as close as they are fundamental. Transport processes have a basic economic function similar to that of money, without which a modern economy, based on the division of labour and with complex system processes, cannot function. As an example of this interrelation, Figure 2.1 shows a constant increase in goods traffic performance, both universally and with reference to the population of Germany. The lion’s share of this goods traffic takes place on the road.