Traffic safety: Speed limits, strict liability and a km tax

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-226

  Delhaye, Eef ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Accidents; Law and economic; Liability; Regulation; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECONOMICS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

KILOMETRE TAX; SPEED LIMITS; STRICT LIABILITY;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

LIABILITY; SAFETY; TAX SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 29244478923     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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