Driver education and safety climate in an emergency services fleet

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 341-350

  Banks, Tamara ^a,b   Davey, Jeremy ^a,b   Brownlow, Doug ^c  

^a School of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c CARRS Q ^*

Author keywords

Driver education; Driver training; Emergency services; Fleet safety climate; Vehicle fleet safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947679716     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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