Bicycle accidents and drivers' visual search at left and right turns

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-153

  Summala, Heikki ^a   Pasanen, Eero ^b   Räsänen, Mikko ^a   Sievänen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b City of Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Black event; Driver behavior; Intersection; Selective attention; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BICYCLE; CAR DRIVING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BICYCLING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030100173     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-4575(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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