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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... research on topics that range from car , roadway , and traffic engineering , to driver performance and behavior . Key topics ex- plore : □ fatality rates among sex and age groups , including a look at the issue of older drivers □ the ...
... research on topics that range from car , roadway , and traffic engineering , to driver performance and behavior . Key topics ex- plore : □ fatality rates among sex and age groups , including a look at the issue of older drivers □ the ...
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... 366 The Future / 368 The State of Traffic Safety Research / 375 References / 382 15. CONCLUSIONS / 385 AUTHOR INDEX / 389 SUBJECT INDEX / 395 ABOUT THE AUTHOR / 405 Preface Deaths , injuries , and property damage from traffic xii CONTENTS.
... 366 The Future / 368 The State of Traffic Safety Research / 375 References / 382 15. CONCLUSIONS / 385 AUTHOR INDEX / 389 SUBJECT INDEX / 395 ABOUT THE AUTHOR / 405 Preface Deaths , injuries , and property damage from traffic xii CONTENTS.
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... research literature on the subject . Because at least one driver is involved in every traffic crash , there is consid- erable focus on the driver . While most subjects of importance in traffic safety are covered , I have covered in ...
... research literature on the subject . Because at least one driver is involved in every traffic crash , there is consid- erable focus on the driver . While most subjects of importance in traffic safety are covered , I have covered in ...
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... research , past , present , and future . Although it is my own effort , it nonetheless depends on the efforts of innumerable professional colleagues , most of whom I have interacted with directly over the years , and many of whose ...
... research , past , present , and future . Although it is my own effort , it nonetheless depends on the efforts of innumerable professional colleagues , most of whom I have interacted with directly over the years , and many of whose ...
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... research . However , I have departed from exclusive SI use in this book because work performed and described in one set of units may not readily translate into another . If an instruction were given to drive at about 30 mph ( miles per ...
... research . However , I have departed from exclusive SI use in this book because work performed and described in one set of units may not readily translate into another . If an instruction were given to drive at about 30 mph ( miles per ...
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