Sleepy at the wheel: Knowledge, symptoms and behaviour among car drivers

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Nordbakke, S ^a   Sagberg, F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Road safety; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; RAILROAD CARS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVEYS; VEHICLE WHEELS;

INTERNET PANEL SURVEY; ROAD CRASHES; ROAD SAFETY; SLEEPINESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33750328473     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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