Traffic Safety and the DriverExamines deaths, injuries, and property damage from traffic crashes. Evans (research scientist, General Motors Research Labs, Warren, Michigan) applies the methods of science to illuminate the characteristics of these problems--their origin and nature as well as their severity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... chapters , and also in a short concluding chapter . I have been uniquely fortunate in having the freedom to pursue those research areas that I considered to be important , fruitful , and intellectually challenging , unfettered by ...
... chapters , and also in a short concluding chapter . I have been uniquely fortunate in having the freedom to pursue those research areas that I considered to be important , fruitful , and intellectually challenging , unfettered by ...
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... Chapter 2 , defines a death as one that occurs within 30 days of the crash as a result of the crash . Worldwide , more than half a million people are killed each year in traffic crashes [ Hutchinson 1987 ] , and approximately one person ...
... Chapter 2 , defines a death as one that occurs within 30 days of the crash as a result of the crash . Worldwide , more than half a million people are killed each year in traffic crashes [ Hutchinson 1987 ] , and approximately one person ...
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... ( Chapter 13 ) . It is possible that differences between coun- tries ( and over time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of fatalities is likely to be greater when a country is less motorized . As ...
... ( Chapter 13 ) . It is possible that differences between coun- tries ( and over time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of fatalities is likely to be greater when a country is less motorized . As ...
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... Chapters 2 , 4 , and 9 . There is no all - purpose definition of exposure [ Evans 1984 ] ; the definition always depends on the question being addressed . If we want to know whether more males or females are killed in traffic crashes in ...
... Chapters 2 , 4 , and 9 . There is no all - purpose definition of exposure [ Evans 1984 ] ; the definition always depends on the question being addressed . If we want to know whether more males or females are killed in traffic crashes in ...
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... ( Chapter 7 ) , and its use is more associated with males and the young , it is likely that the results reported above underestimate the degree to which females are more likely than males to be killed by the same physical impact , and the ...
... ( Chapter 7 ) , and its use is more associated with males and the young , it is likely that the results reported above underestimate the degree to which females are more likely than males to be killed by the same physical impact , and the ...
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