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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... Users / 34 How Serious is the Older - Driver Problem ? / 36 Pedestrian Involvements in Fatal and Severe Crashes / 39 Overinvolvement of Young Road Users / 41 Conclusions / 42 References / 42 3. AN OVERVIEW OF UNITED STATES TRAFFIC ...
... Users / 34 How Serious is the Older - Driver Problem ? / 36 Pedestrian Involvements in Fatal and Severe Crashes / 39 Overinvolvement of Young Road Users / 41 Conclusions / 42 References / 42 3. AN OVERVIEW OF UNITED STATES TRAFFIC ...
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... USER RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS / 282 Introduction / 282 Human Behavior Feedback / 283 Interventions Aimed at Increasing Safety / 284 Changes Expected to Reduce Safety / 290 Summary of Human Behavior Feedback Effects / 293 ...
... USER RESPONSES TO CHANGES IN TRAFFIC SYSTEMS / 282 Introduction / 282 Human Behavior Feedback / 283 Interventions Aimed at Increasing Safety / 284 Changes Expected to Reduce Safety / 290 Summary of Human Behavior Feedback Effects / 293 ...
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... user behavior , they cannot address the matter of most inter- est - the crash . While there were an estimated 20.6 million crashes [ National Safety Council 1989 , p . 48 ] in the US in 1988 , these occurred in 3200 billion km of travel ...
... user behavior , they cannot address the matter of most inter- est - the crash . While there were an estimated 20.6 million crashes [ National Safety Council 1989 , p . 48 ] in the US in 1988 , these occurred in 3200 billion km of travel ...
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Leonard Evans. 2 Effects of Sex and Age INTRODUCTION Most road - user factors important in traffic safety depend strongly on the sex and age of the road - user . US male fatalities outnumber female fatalities by well over a factor of two ...
Leonard Evans. 2 Effects of Sex and Age INTRODUCTION Most road - user factors important in traffic safety depend strongly on the sex and age of the road - user . US male fatalities outnumber female fatalities by well over a factor of two ...
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... USERS All the above considerations focused on how the age and sex of a driver influence the threat to the driver's own life . In many ways this risk is presumed to be largely under the control of the driver . Here we address how the ...
... USERS All the above considerations focused on how the age and sex of a driver influence the threat to the driver's own life . In many ways this risk is presumed to be largely under the control of the driver . Here we address how the ...
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