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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... testing and confidence 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 ...
... testing and confidence 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 ...
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... test tracks and public roads using volunteer subjects and instrumented vehicles . This provides more experimenter control , but a question arises regarding how the results relate to normal driving . Stud- ies have also been conducted in ...
... test tracks and public roads using volunteer subjects and instrumented vehicles . This provides more experimenter control , but a question arises regarding how the results relate to normal driving . Stud- ies have also been conducted in ...
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... tests using cadavers . Figure 2-2 shows that for ages less than about 5 , the risk is higher for males than for females . At ages greater than 60 there is a 1.7 Female to male fatality risk ratio 0.7 0 20 24 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER.
... tests using cadavers . Figure 2-2 shows that for ages less than about 5 , the risk is higher for males than for females . At ages greater than 60 there is a 1.7 Female to male fatality risk ratio 0.7 0 20 24 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE DRIVER.
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... test procedures that may make it more difficult for the elderly to obtain licenses . We investigate the threat to other road users by examining the number of crashes in which pedestrians are killed as a function of the age and sex of ...
... test procedures that may make it more difficult for the elderly to obtain licenses . We investigate the threat to other road users by examining the number of crashes in which pedestrians are killed as a function of the age and sex of ...
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... tests of ejection reduction by glass - plastic side glazing . SAE paper 851203. Warrendale , PA : Society of Automotive Engineers ; 1985 . Evans , L. Airbag effectiveness in preventing fatalities predicted according to type of crash ...
... tests of ejection reduction by glass - plastic side glazing . SAE paper 851203. Warrendale , PA : Society of Automotive Engineers ; 1985 . Evans , L. Airbag effectiveness in preventing fatalities predicted according to type of crash ...
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