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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... deaths , injuries , and property damage from traffic crashes . It applies the methods of science to illuminate the charac- teristics of these problems , their origin and nature as well as their severity . Inter- nationally renowned ...
... deaths , injuries , and property damage from traffic crashes . It applies the methods of science to illuminate the charac- teristics of these problems , their origin and nature as well as their severity . Inter- nationally renowned ...
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... Death From the Same Physical Impact / 20 Various Driver Fatality Rates / 28 Involvement Rates in Severe Crashes / 31 Threat to Other Road Users / 34 How Serious is the Older - Driver Problem ? / 36 Pedestrian Involvements in Fatal and ...
... Death From the Same Physical Impact / 20 Various Driver Fatality Rates / 28 Involvement Rates in Severe Crashes / 31 Threat to Other Road Users / 34 How Serious is the Older - Driver Problem ? / 36 Pedestrian Involvements in Fatal and ...
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... 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.
... 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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Leonard Evans. Preface Deaths , injuries , and property damage from traffic crashes -- their origin and nature , and ways to prevent their occurrence and reduce their severity - form the subject of this book . Traffic crashes are perhaps ...
Leonard Evans. Preface Deaths , injuries , and property damage from traffic crashes -- their origin and nature , and ways to prevent their occurrence and reduce their severity - form the subject of this book . Traffic crashes are perhaps ...
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... deaths from 1977 through 1988 exceeded all US battle deaths in all wars from the revolutionary war through the Vietnam war . Injuries outnumber deaths by about a factor of 70. The annual monetary cost of US motor vehicle crashes is ...
... deaths from 1977 through 1988 exceeded all US battle deaths in all wars from the revolutionary war through the Vietnam war . Injuries outnumber deaths by about a factor of 70. The annual monetary cost of US motor vehicle crashes is ...
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