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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... experience . " When presenting material original to this book I have nearly always used the SI system , the internationally agreed upon metric system of units which is universally accepted , if not always correctly used , throughout the ...
... experience . " When presenting material original to this book I have nearly always used the SI system , the internationally agreed upon metric system of units which is universally accepted , if not always correctly used , throughout the ...
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... experience . This question is of such central importance in traffic safety that various additional aspects of it will be discussed in many of the later chapters . CONCLUSIONS From about age 15 to age 45 , the EFFECTS OF SEX AND AGE 41 ...
... experience . This question is of such central importance in traffic safety that various additional aspects of it will be discussed in many of the later chapters . CONCLUSIONS From about age 15 to age 45 , the EFFECTS OF SEX AND AGE 41 ...
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... the vehicles . This does not mean that the forces experienced by the occupants depend only on mass . These forces are directly influenced by the amount of time the occupants spend 64 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER Vehicle Mass /
... the vehicles . This does not mean that the forces experienced by the occupants depend only on mass . These forces are directly influenced by the amount of time the occupants spend 64 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER Vehicle Mass /
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... experienced within the vehicle . Masses of specific car models are available in many sources , such as Auto- motive News [ 1989 ] . Some 1989 model - year cars at around 900 kg curb mass are the Toyota Tercel ( 907 kg ) and the Honda ...
... experienced within the vehicle . Masses of specific car models are available in many sources , such as Auto- motive News [ 1989 ] . Some 1989 model - year cars at around 900 kg curb mass are the Toyota Tercel ( 907 kg ) and the Honda ...
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... experienced this many times when , for example , driving along awaiting some specific portion of a radio broadcast . An incident occurs in traffic , the driver responds , and later realizes that the sought after radio information ...
... experienced this many times when , for example , driving along awaiting some specific portion of a radio broadcast . An incident occurs in traffic , the driver responds , and later realizes that the sought after radio information ...
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