Sensory cause of railroad grade-crossing collisions test of the Leibowitz hypothesis

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1843, 2003, Pages 24-30

  Cohn, Theodore E ^a   Nguyen, Tieuvi ^a  

^a University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAKES; FEES AND CHARGES; INSURANCE; OBSTACLE DETECTORS; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; SPEED CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; VISIBILITY;

LIGHT INTENSITIES; MEDICAL COSTS; PROPERTY DAMAGE; RAILROAD GRADE-CROSSING COLLISIONS;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE;

EID: 1642323867     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1843-04     Document Type: Article

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