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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... Michigan . The police - reported crash rate is , of course , critically dependent on the threshold criterion for reporting , and on levels of police enforcement ; it should not be interpreted to reflect safer driving in one jurisdiction ...
... Michigan . The police - reported crash rate is , of course , critically dependent on the threshold criterion for reporting , and on levels of police enforcement ; it should not be interpreted to reflect safer driving in one jurisdiction ...
Page 75
... Michigan ( 1976 ) . For each state the data are partitioned into three driver age categories , thus providing nine crash involvement rate versus car mass relationships ; all nine indicate higher crash rates for larger cars . The average ...
... Michigan ( 1976 ) . For each state the data are partitioned into three driver age categories , thus providing nine crash involvement rate versus car mass relationships ; all nine indicate higher crash rates for larger cars . The average ...
Page 131
... Michigan : Ann Arbor , MI ; July 1975 . Olson , P.L .; Sivak , M. Perception - response time to unexpected roadway hazards . Human Factors 28 : 91-96 ; 1986 . Polus , A .; Hocherman , I .; Efrat , E. Evaluation of the accident rates of ...
... Michigan : Ann Arbor , MI ; July 1975 . Olson , P.L .; Sivak , M. Perception - response time to unexpected roadway hazards . Human Factors 28 : 91-96 ; 1986 . Polus , A .; Hocherman , I .; Efrat , E. Evaluation of the accident rates of ...
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... Michigan , in 1962-1963 . It is unlikely that a study on this scale will be performed again in the US , because , among other reasons , civil rights concerns make it increasingly difficult to obtain breath tests from the large numbers ...
... Michigan , in 1962-1963 . It is unlikely that a study on this scale will be performed again in the US , because , among other reasons , civil rights concerns make it increasingly difficult to obtain breath tests from the large numbers ...
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... Michigan , 1962-1963 ( sample size of crash - involved drivers , N = 3305 ) [ Borkenstein et al . 1964 ] . B. Drivers killed in crashes , Vermont , 1967-1968 ( N = 106 ) [ Perrine , Waller , and Harris 1971 ] . C. Drivers killed in ...
... Michigan , 1962-1963 ( sample size of crash - involved drivers , N = 3305 ) [ Borkenstein et al . 1964 ] . B. Drivers killed in crashes , Vermont , 1967-1968 ( N = 106 ) [ Perrine , Waller , and Harris 1971 ] . C. Drivers killed in ...
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