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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Leonard Evans. 6. DRIVER BEHAVIOR / 133 Introduction / 133 Racing Drivers Compared to Average Drivers / 134 Sex and Age Dependence / 135 Relationship of Crash Rates to Crime Rates / 141 Personality Factors / 144 Non - Transport Motives ...
Leonard Evans. 6. DRIVER BEHAVIOR / 133 Introduction / 133 Racing Drivers Compared to Average Drivers / 134 Sex and Age Dependence / 135 Relationship of Crash Rates to Crime Rates / 141 Personality Factors / 144 Non - Transport Motives ...
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... compared to 324 in Wyoming . Degree of motorization and degree of urbanization influence the number of fatalities , and the fraction of these that are pedestrians . Thus , while the data in Table 1-1 show some broad patterns , it is ...
... compared to 324 in Wyoming . Degree of motorization and degree of urbanization influence the number of fatalities , and the fraction of these that are pedestrians . Thus , while the data in Table 1-1 show some broad patterns , it is ...
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... - only crashes , even though the cost of each such crash is very small compared to that for an injury - producing crash . The next highest Table 1-5 . Estimates of the distribution of the total INTRODUCTION 7 Economic Losses /
... - only crashes , even though the cost of each such crash is very small compared to that for an injury - producing crash . The next highest Table 1-5 . Estimates of the distribution of the total INTRODUCTION 7 Economic Losses /
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... compared to the Poisson distribution below : Number of crashes Observed Poisson distribution 0 94.135 % 93.932 % 1 5.500 5.880 2 0.341 0.184 3 or more 0.024 0.004 While there is broad agreement , the differences between observed and ...
... compared to the Poisson distribution below : Number of crashes Observed Poisson distribution 0 94.135 % 93.932 % 1 5.500 5.880 2 0.341 0.184 3 or more 0.024 0.004 While there is broad agreement , the differences between observed and ...
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... ( compared to a 34 % chance that paint A is the more economical choice ) . While academic statisticians might consider the above comments and illus- tration trivial ( a clear exposition is presented by Mood and Graybill [ 1963 ] ) , many ...
... ( compared to a 34 % chance that paint A is the more economical choice ) . While academic statisticians might consider the above comments and illus- tration trivial ( a clear exposition is presented by Mood and Graybill [ 1963 ] ) , many ...
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