Drivers' biased perceptions of speed and safety campaign messages

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 629-640

  Walton, D ^a   McKeown, P C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Advertising; Drivers; Safety campaigns; Self enhancement; Speeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAR DRIVING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMINDER SYSTEM; SAFETY;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SAFETY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035437885     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(00)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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