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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... higher than those for females . Much larger than any proportionate increase in driver risk with increasing age is the decline in distance of driving . For example , male drivers 70 and over drive , on average , 9 300 km / year ...
... higher than those for females . Much larger than any proportionate increase in driver risk with increasing age is the decline in distance of driving . For example , male drivers 70 and over drive , on average , 9 300 km / year ...
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... higher values for drivers in their late teens and early twenties , especially male drivers . Similarly , young male pedes- trians had higher involvement rates in severe crashes than persons of either sex at any other age for which data ...
... higher values for drivers in their late teens and early twenties , especially male drivers . Similarly , young male pedes- trians had higher involvement rates in severe crashes than persons of either sex at any other age for which data ...
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... higher rates for drivers in their late teens and early twenties , and higher values for male drivers . Male pedestrians of these same ages were overinvolved in pedestrian crashes , indicating consistently the disproportionate ...
... higher rates for drivers in their late teens and early twenties , and higher values for male drivers . Male pedestrians of these same ages were overinvolved in pedestrian crashes , indicating consistently the disproportionate ...
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... higher for other countries because of a larger proportion of non - occupant fatalities , and higher occupancy rates in vehicles . The fraction of all traffic fatalities that are drivers depends strongly on sex and age , as shown in Fig ...
... higher for other countries because of a larger proportion of non - occupant fatalities , and higher occupancy rates in vehicles . The fraction of all traffic fatalities that are drivers depends strongly on sex and age , as shown in Fig ...
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... higher than that to drivers for early 1960s model - year cars , but the reverse applies for later model years . This suggests that the various vehicle modifications aimed at reducing occupant risk have generated somewhat larger fatality ...
... higher than that to drivers for early 1960s model - year cars , but the reverse applies for later model years . This suggests that the various vehicle modifications aimed at reducing occupant risk have generated somewhat larger fatality ...
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