Lifestyle traits as predictors of driving behaviour in urban areas of Greece

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 413-428

  Chliaoutakis, Joannes El ^a   Koukouli, Sofia ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^b   Tzamalouka, Georgia ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Driving behaviour questionnaire; Errors; Greece; Lifestyle; Religiosity; Violations

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; URBAN PLANNING;

DRIVING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; GREECE; LIFESTYLE; RELIGIOSITY; VIOLATIONS;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 27444442898     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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