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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... possible . The goal of quantification that characterizes my published research is one also striven for in the book . As conclusions , reflecting the essence of what was found out , are a prime focus of my own research , I have collected ...
... possible . The goal of quantification that characterizes my published research is one also striven for in the book . As conclusions , reflecting the essence of what was found out , are a prime focus of my own research , I have collected ...
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Leonard Evans. In only a few cases is it possible to make inferences or arrive at conclusions that are so assumption ... possible , let me stress that the errors , omissions , and opinions with which you might disagree are entirely my ...
Leonard Evans. In only a few cases is it possible to make inferences or arrive at conclusions that are so assumption ... possible , let me stress that the errors , omissions , and opinions with which you might disagree are entirely my ...
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... possible that differences between coun- tries ( and over time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of fatalities is likely to be greater when a country is less motorized . As motorization increases , the ...
... possible that differences between coun- tries ( and over time ) are even greater than the data indicate , because underre- porting of fatalities is likely to be greater when a country is less motorized . As motorization increases , the ...
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... possible for injuries at any AIS level to subsequently prove fatal , although the life - threatening potential of the injury increases steeply with in- creasing AIS level . Injured occupants often sustain injuries to more than one body ...
... possible for injuries at any AIS level to subsequently prove fatal , although the life - threatening potential of the injury increases steeply with in- creasing AIS level . Injured occupants often sustain injuries to more than one body ...
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... possible . The workings of nature are , of course , independent of units . An intelligent Martian visitor would correctly predict when a dropped object would strike the ground , even though the numerical values used in his , her , or ...
... possible . The workings of nature are , of course , independent of units . An intelligent Martian visitor would correctly predict when a dropped object would strike the ground , even though the numerical values used in his , her , or ...
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