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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... Measurement of Alcohol / 163 Absorption of Alcohol into the Human Body / 167 The Effect of Alcohol on Humans / 169 Other Drugs , Illness , and Sleep Deprivation / 175 Traffic Crash Risk and Alcohol Consumption / 176 The Fraction of ...
... Measurement of Alcohol / 163 Absorption of Alcohol into the Human Body / 167 The Effect of Alcohol on Humans / 169 Other Drugs , Illness , and Sleep Deprivation / 175 Traffic Crash Risk and Alcohol Consumption / 176 The Fraction of ...
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... measure of the nation's level of motorization ; this level is generally linked to the production of economic goods . The 21 countries are listed in order of decreasing degree of motorization ; they were selected from the cited sources ...
... measure of the nation's level of motorization ; this level is generally linked to the production of economic goods . The 21 countries are listed in order of decreasing degree of motorization ; they were selected from the cited sources ...
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... For many analyses it is convenient to use only one measure of injury severity , which is the maximum AIS . An occupant with three injured Table 1-2 . The Abbreviated Injury Scale and probability of 4 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER.
... For many analyses it is convenient to use only one measure of injury severity , which is the maximum AIS . An occupant with three injured Table 1-2 . The Abbreviated Injury Scale and probability of 4 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER.
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... measurements . Trinca et al . [ 1988 ] write that about 15 million people per year are injured in traffic crashes , and they estimate that the average citizen of the world has about a one in seven chance of being injured in a traffic ...
... measurements . Trinca et al . [ 1988 ] write that about 15 million people per year are injured in traffic crashes , and they estimate that the average citizen of the world has about a one in seven chance of being injured in a traffic ...
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... measuring the values of specific quantities , or variables . In traffic safety such concepts as fatalities per unit ... measurement , rather than thought of as , for example , fatalities per hundred million miles of travel . The ...
... measuring the values of specific quantities , or variables . In traffic safety such concepts as fatalities per unit ... measurement , rather than thought of as , for example , fatalities per hundred million miles of travel . The ...
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