Intelligent transport systems and effects on road traffic accidents: State of the art

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Vaa, T ^a   Penttinen, M ^b   Spyropoulou, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKES; ERROR COMPENSATION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; META-ANALYSIS; ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; WEIGHTED ESTIMATES;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 34249009053     PISSN: 1751956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-its:20060081     Document Type: Article

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