Asymmetric relationship between driving and safety skills

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 703-711

  Sümer, Nebi ^a   Özkan, Türker ^b   Lajunen, Timo ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accidents; Aggressive driving; Driving skills; Risky driving; Safety skills

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; DRIVING SKILLS; RISKY DRIVING; SAFETY SKILLS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TURKEY;

EID: 33646366906     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.016     Document Type: Article

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