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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... evidence are naturally less satisfactory , other factors being equal , than those supported by objective data . The second level occurs when there are data , but for various reasons the data do not support clear - cut quantitative ...
... evidence are naturally less satisfactory , other factors being equal , than those supported by objective data . The second level occurs when there are data , but for various reasons the data do not support clear - cut quantitative ...
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... evidence towards a theory of suggestion . American Journal of Sociology 84 : 1150–1174 ; 1979 . Smeed , R. Some statistical aspects of road safety research . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society , Series A 112 : 1-34 ; 1949 . Smeed ...
... evidence towards a theory of suggestion . American Journal of Sociology 84 : 1150–1174 ; 1979 . Smeed , R. Some statistical aspects of road safety research . Journal of the Royal Statistical Society , Series A 112 : 1-34 ; 1949 . Smeed ...
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... evidence for this inter- pretation is the finding in Evans [ 1988a ] that age effects are relatively similar for car passengers involved in different types of crashes . The age effects are summarized in Fig . 2-4 , in which each point ...
... evidence for this inter- pretation is the finding in Evans [ 1988a ] that age effects are relatively similar for car passengers involved in different types of crashes . The age effects are summarized in Fig . 2-4 , in which each point ...
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... evidence is conclusive that station wagons have lower injury - claim frequencies than the non - station wagon versions of the same make cars , the quantitative estimate being that the station wagon rate is ( 18 ± 3 ) % lower . The data ...
... evidence is conclusive that station wagons have lower injury - claim frequencies than the non - station wagon versions of the same make cars , the quantitative estimate being that the station wagon rate is ( 18 ± 3 ) % lower . The data ...
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... evidence that larger cars are associated with higher levels of driver risk - taking , as indicated by higher travel speeds and closer following headways [ Wasielewski and Evans 1985 ] . It is not quite correct to assume that the risk of ...
... evidence that larger cars are associated with higher levels of driver risk - taking , as indicated by higher travel speeds and closer following headways [ Wasielewski and Evans 1985 ] . It is not quite correct to assume that the risk of ...
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