Car driver speed choice in Scotland

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1196-1208

  Stradling, S G ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car drivers; Driver speed choice; Driving violations; Road traffic accident involvement; Speed; Speeding

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DATA REDUCTION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; SPEED CONTROL; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

DRIVING SPEED; DRIVING VIOLATIONS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPETENCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DRIVING ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCOTLAND;

EID: 34250664245     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701318681     Document Type: Article

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