An empirical investigation of European drivers' self-assessment

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-213

  Karlaftis, Matthew G ^a   Kotzampassakis, Ioannis ^a   Kanellaidis, George ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

SARTRE; Self assessment; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DATA BASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038396094     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(03)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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