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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... declines by about 5 % per year , while the other quantities do not change systematically over a period of a few years . Motorization took deep roots earlier in the US than in other countries ; the relatively low population density of ...
... declines by about 5 % per year , while the other quantities do not change systematically over a period of a few years . Motorization took deep roots earlier in the US than in other countries ; the relatively low population density of ...
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... decline at a lower rate than the increase of the number of vehicles . As motorization increases , not only does the number of fatalities change , but the types of fatalities also change . In the US , 14.6 % of all 1988 traffic crash ...
... decline at a lower rate than the increase of the number of vehicles . As motorization increases , not only does the number of fatalities change , but the types of fatalities also change . In the US , 14.6 % of all 1988 traffic crash ...
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... decline by about 5 % per year is independent of the units in which the variable is measured . Different units may be used in different circumstances , but the variable remains the same variable . Thinking about variables without regard ...
... decline by about 5 % per year is independent of the units in which the variable is measured . Different units may be used in different circumstances , but the variable remains the same variable . Thinking about variables without regard ...
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... declining age for young children reported by Baker [ 1979 ] . The relations in Fig . 2-4 can be expressed analytically as Rmales ( A ) = exp 0.0231 ( A - 20 ) = 0.630 exp ( 0.0231 A ) Eqn 2-4 and Rfemales ( A ) 1.3 exp 0.0197 ( A = - 20 ) ...
... declining age for young children reported by Baker [ 1979 ] . The relations in Fig . 2-4 can be expressed analytically as Rmales ( A ) = exp 0.0231 ( A - 20 ) = 0.630 exp ( 0.0231 A ) Eqn 2-4 and Rfemales ( A ) 1.3 exp 0.0197 ( A = - 20 ) ...
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... decline with age ( the value for 65 - year - old males is 0.123 times what it is for 20 - year - old males ) is , in part , due to the fact that there are more younger than older people in the US population . Figure 2-6 shows the data ...
... decline with age ( the value for 65 - year - old males is 0.123 times what it is for 20 - year - old males ) is , in part , due to the fact that there are more younger than older people in the US population . Figure 2-6 shows the data ...
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