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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... depends on the efforts of innumerable professional colleagues , most of whom I have interacted with directly over the years , and many of whose contributions are reflected in the references . Even beyond the course of normal ...
... depends on the efforts of innumerable professional colleagues , most of whom I have interacted with directly over the years , and many of whose contributions are reflected in the references . Even beyond the course of normal ...
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... depends critically on the definition of a crash , and that there is much uncertainty in the number of minor crashes , it is more appropriate to consider the total monetary cost . In doing so , ignoring large numbers of very minor ...
... depends critically on the definition of a crash , and that there is much uncertainty in the number of minor crashes , it is more appropriate to consider the total monetary cost . In doing so , ignoring large numbers of very minor ...
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... depend on the definitions of these levels , and therefore do not have the same clear - cut meaning as the fatality or property- damage - only categories . The total monetary cost of all non - fatal injury - producing crashes is similar ...
... depend on the definitions of these levels , and therefore do not have the same clear - cut meaning as the fatality or property- damage - only categories . The total monetary cost of all non - fatal injury - producing crashes is similar ...
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... depends on the question being addressed . If we want to know whether more males or females are killed in traffic crashes in the US , the answer is simply the count of the number of deaths ; the answer is unmistakably clear— more males ...
... depends on the question being addressed . If we want to know whether more males or females are killed in traffic crashes in the US , the answer is simply the count of the number of deaths ; the answer is unmistakably clear— more males ...
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... depend strongly on the sex and age of the road - user . US male fatalities outnumber female fatalities by well over a factor of two ; eight 20 - year - old male drivers are killed for each 65 - year - old driver killed . A focus on the ...
... depend strongly on the sex and age of the road - user . US male fatalities outnumber female fatalities by well over a factor of two ; eight 20 - year - old male drivers are killed for each 65 - year - old driver killed . A focus on the ...
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