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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... occur within some specified time after the occurrence of the crash . While the choice of the time interval is ... occurs within 30 days of the crash as a result of the crash . Worldwide , more than half a million people are killed each ...
... occur within some specified time after the occurrence of the crash . While the choice of the time interval is ... occurs within 30 days of the crash as a result of the crash . Worldwide , more than half a million people are killed each ...
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... occurs within an individual nation as its degree of motorization increases ( Chapter 13 ) . It is possible that differences between coun- tries ( and over time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of ...
... occurs within an individual nation as its degree of motorization increases ( Chapter 13 ) . It is possible that differences between coun- tries ( and over time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of ...
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... occurred . One report [ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1983 , p . II - 14 ] estimates the total number of vehicles involved in crashes in 1980 , based on two separate approaches . In one approach , 34 million reported ...
... occurred . One report [ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1983 , p . II - 14 ] estimates the total number of vehicles involved in crashes in 1980 , based on two separate approaches . In one approach , 34 million reported ...
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... occurred in 3200 billion km of travel , so that there was one crash per 150 000 km . If one imagined photographically observing or instrumenting a 50 m section of random road- way , then one would expect about one out of every three ...
... occurred in 3200 billion km of travel , so that there was one crash per 150 000 km . If one imagined photographically observing or instrumenting a 50 m section of random road- way , then one would expect about one out of every three ...
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... occurred by chance , or had a probability less than some specified low level ( written , for example , p < 0.05 ) to have occurred by chance . While answering such questions may sometimes be important in that grey area between knowing ...
... occurred by chance , or had a probability less than some specified low level ( written , for example , p < 0.05 ) to have occurred by chance . While answering such questions may sometimes be important in that grey area between knowing ...
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