Self-reported attitude towards speeding and its possible consequences in five different road contexts

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 153-165

  Lawton, Rebecca ^a   Parker, Dianne ^a   Stradling, Stephen G ^a   Manstead, Antony S R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accidents and behaviour; Risk assessment; Road safety campaigns; Road traffic; Speeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031531619     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199704)7:2<153::AID-CASP405>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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