Is an armed society a polite society? Guns and road rage

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 687-695

  Hemenway, David ^a   Vriniotis, Mary ^a   Miller, Matthew ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive driving; Firearms; Road rage

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

AGGRESSIVE DRIVING; FIREARMS; NON-TRAFFIC VIOLATION; ROAD RAGE;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RAGE; STATISTICS; URBANIZATION; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAGE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 33646382366     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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