Enforcement of speed limits - Actual policy and drivers' knowledge

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-62

  Jørgensen, Finn ^a   Pedersen, Hassa ^a  

^a Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

Author keywords

Detection rates; Drivers' characteristics; Drivers' perceptions; Penalty rules

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SPEED CONTROL;

DETECTION RATES; DRIVER'S CHARACTERISTICS; DRIVER'S PERCEPTION; PENALTY RULES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; NORWAY; POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 10444256419     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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