Police officers seat belt use while on duty

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Oron Gilad, T ^a   Szalma, J L ^a   Stafford, S C ^a   Hancock, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Police officers; Seat belt use

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERGONOMICS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MANEUVERABILITY; PRODUCT DESIGN; TRANSPORTATION;

DRIVING SAFETY; OPERATIONAL SAFETY; POLICE OFFICERS; SEAT BELT USE;

AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS;

EID: 14544278430     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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