Cross-cultural differences in driving behaviours: A comparison of six countries

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-242

  Özkan, Türker ^a   Lajunen, Timo ^b   Chliaoutakis, Joannes El ^c   Parker, Dianne ^d   Summala, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Driver behaviours; Mediational model; Regional differences; Traffic accidents

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL PLANNING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; DRIVER BEHAVIOURS; MEDIATIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33646118000     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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