Technical note: Speed choice by drivers: The issue of driving too slowly

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1561-1570

  Horberry, Tim ^a,b   Hartley, L ^a   Gobetti, K ^a   Walker, F ^a   Johnson, B ^a   Gersbach, S ^a   Ludlow, J ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Road safety; Slow driving; Speed choice

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DATA REDUCTION; SURVEYS; VEHICLES;

COMMUNITY ATTITUDES; DRIVING; SAFETY SPEEDING; SPEEDS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC NOISE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VELOCITY; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 14144251952     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130412331290925     Document Type: Article

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