Discrepancy between actual and estimated speeds of drivers in the presence of child pedestrians

Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-41

  Harré, Niki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CHILD; HUMAN; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHILD; HUMANS; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038024066     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.1.38     Document Type: Article

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