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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Page ix
... Alcohol / 163 Absorption of Alcohol into the Human Body / 167 The Effect of Alcohol on Humans / 169 Other Drugs , Illness , and Sleep Deprivation / 175 Traffic Crash Risk and Alcohol Consumption / 176 The Fraction of Traffic Fatalities ...
... Alcohol / 163 Absorption of Alcohol into the Human Body / 167 The Effect of Alcohol on Humans / 169 Other Drugs , Illness , and Sleep Deprivation / 175 Traffic Crash Risk and Alcohol Consumption / 176 The Fraction of Traffic Fatalities ...
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... alcohol plays a quite different role in traffic safety in Sweden , Saudi Arabia , the US , and Israel . CASUALTIES DUE TO TRAFFIC CRASHES Fatalities In this book we place considerable emphasis on fatalities , the most serious ...
... alcohol plays a quite different role in traffic safety in Sweden , Saudi Arabia , the US , and Israel . CASUALTIES DUE TO TRAFFIC CRASHES Fatalities In this book we place considerable emphasis on fatalities , the most serious ...
Page 28
... alcohol involvement . Because alcohol use increases the risk of death from the same impact ( Chapter 7 ) , and its use is more associated with males and the young , it is likely that the results reported above underestimate the degree ...
... alcohol involvement . Because alcohol use increases the risk of death from the same impact ( Chapter 7 ) , and its use is more associated with males and the young , it is likely that the results reported above underestimate the degree ...
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... alcohol con- sumption . Apart from such considerations , which will be discussed in Chapters 7 and 9 , the probability that a given crash results in death is essentially physi- ological rather than behavioral in nature , and for the ...
... alcohol con- sumption . Apart from such considerations , which will be discussed in Chapters 7 and 9 , the probability that a given crash results in death is essentially physi- ological rather than behavioral in nature , and for the ...
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... alcohol con- centration ) will we need to address this problem more directly . FRACTION OF FATALITIES THAT ARE DRIVERS While every traffic crash involves at least one driver , it is important to note , from Fig . 3-1 , that 42 % of ...
... alcohol con- centration ) will we need to address this problem more directly . FRACTION OF FATALITIES THAT ARE DRIVERS While every traffic crash involves at least one driver , it is important to note , from Fig . 3-1 , that 42 % of ...
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