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

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1011-1018

  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 Skill Inventory; Perceptual motor skills; Safety skills; Traffic accidents; Traffic penalties

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; DRIVER SKILL INVENTORY; PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR SKILLS; SAFETY SKILLS; TRAFFIC PENALTIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745754325     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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