Car Driver and Bicyclist Behavior at Bicycle Crossings under Different Priority Regulations

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-77

  Räsänen, Mikko ^a   Koivisto, Ilkka ^a   Summala, Heikki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bicycle crossings; Finnish Traffic Code; Intersections; Traffic knowledge; Visual search

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347670931     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4375(98)00062-0     Document Type: Article

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