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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... limits , using it to also mean data invites needless ambiguity . We follow common usage in indicating ages ; age 20 means people with ages equal to or greater than 20 years , but less than 21 years . Strictly speaking , age 20 means ...
... limits , using it to also mean data invites needless ambiguity . We follow common usage in indicating ages ; age 20 means people with ages equal to or greater than 20 years , but less than 21 years . Strictly speaking , age 20 means ...
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... limits is not always at- tainable , it is helpful to distinguish three levels of knowledge : 1. Not based on observational data 2. Hinted at by observational data 3. Quantified by observational data It might seem surprising that the ...
... limits is not always at- tainable , it is helpful to distinguish three levels of knowledge : 1. Not based on observational data 2. Hinted at by observational data 3. Quantified by observational data It might seem surprising that the ...
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... limit on the roadway , etc. More specific vehicular information can be extracted from the Vehicle Identification Number ( VIN ) and the driver's license number . By the end of 1988 the file had records on over half a million fatal ...
... limit on the roadway , etc. More specific vehicular information can be extracted from the Vehicle Identification Number ( VIN ) and the driver's license number . By the end of 1988 the file had records on over half a million fatal ...
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... limit for driver intox- ication in most US states . Figures 2-11 through 2-14 show the variables for crashes involving pedestrian fatalities corresponding to those for driver fatalities in Figs . 2-5 through 2-8 . The similarity between ...
... limit for driver intox- ication in most US states . Figures 2-11 through 2-14 show the variables for crashes involving pedestrian fatalities corresponding to those for driver fatalities in Figs . 2-5 through 2-8 . The similarity between ...
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... limits are large for the oldest cars because few remained in use by the first year , 1975 , covered by FARS data . Errors are also large for the latest model - year cars shown because the majority of crashes in which these cars are ...
... limits are large for the oldest cars because few remained in use by the first year , 1975 , covered by FARS data . Errors are also large for the latest model - year cars shown because the majority of crashes in which these cars are ...
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