How Well Can Child Pedestrians Estimate Potential Traffic Hazards?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1828, 2003, Pages 38-46

  Sarkar, Sheila ^a   Kaschade, Christine ^a   De Faria, Fabio ^a  

^a San Diego State Univ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNS;

TRAFFIC HAZARDS; TRAFFIC PATTERNS;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0346272709     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1828-05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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