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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Leonard Evans. Traffic Safety and the Diver Leonard Evans 7 热 By Leonard Evans Almost half of the 19 - year. Front Cover.
Leonard Evans. Traffic Safety and the Diver Leonard Evans 7 热 By Leonard Evans Almost half of the 19 - year. Front Cover.
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... front seat . Two sets of fatal crashes are selected . The first set consists of crashes involving cars each containing a female driver and a male passenger , at least one of whom is killed . From the numbers of female driver and male ...
... front seat . Two sets of fatal crashes are selected . The first set consists of crashes involving cars each containing a female driver and a male passenger , at least one of whom is killed . From the numbers of female driver and male ...
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... front passenger ( belted ) Motorcycle passenger ( helmeted ) Figure 2-1 . Fatality risk from similar physical insults for females relative to males of the same age versus age for eight subject occupant categories . Based on Evans ...
... front passenger ( belted ) Motorcycle passenger ( helmeted ) Figure 2-1 . Fatality risk from similar physical insults for females relative to males of the same age versus age for eight subject occupant categories . Based on Evans ...
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... front passengers as subjects , using drivers as control occupants ; in this case we have data for ages below the minimum for driving . The other plots in Fig . 2-1 show corre- sponding data for other subject occupants for which ...
... front passengers as subjects , using drivers as control occupants ; in this case we have data for ages below the minimum for driving . The other plots in Fig . 2-1 show corre- sponding data for other subject occupants for which ...
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... front passenger Car right- rear passenger Car right- front passenger ( belted ) Motorcycle driver ( helmeted ) Motorcycle passenger ( helmeted ) 0.7 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Age , years Age , years Figure 2-3 . Fatality risk ...
... front passenger Car right- rear passenger Car right- front passenger ( belted ) Motorcycle driver ( helmeted ) Motorcycle passenger ( helmeted ) 0.7 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Age , years Age , years Figure 2-3 . Fatality risk ...
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