A longitudinal investigation of psychological and social predictors of traffic convictions among young New Zealand drivers

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-45

  Reeder, A I ^a   Alsop, J C ^a   Begg, D J ^a   Nada Raja, S ^a   McLaren, R L ^b  

^a Injury Prevention Research Unit   (New Zealand)

^b Land Transport Safety Authority New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Health risk behaviour; Traffic violations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038442980     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8478(98)00003-5     Document Type: Article

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