The impact of highway safety regulation enforcement activities on motor vehicle fatalities

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-217

  Welki, Andrew M ^a   Zlatoper, Thomas J ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DUI arrests; Enforcement activities; Highway fatalities

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

DUI ARREST; ECONOMIC CONDITION; ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HIGHWAY FATALITY; HIGHWAY SAFETY; MOTOR VEHICLE FATALITIES; PAPER ANALYSIS; REGRESSION MODELLING; SAFETY REGULATIONS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LAW ENFORCEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL TRANSPORT; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845466634     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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