Observations of how drivers fasten their seatbelts in relation to various startup tasks

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 309-314

  Malenfant, J E Louis ^a   Van Houten, Ron ^b  

^a Centre D'Education et de Recherce en Securite Canada   (Canada)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior chains; Behavioral sequences; Prompts; Safety belt use; Seatbelt use

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; GEARS;

BEHAVIOR CHAINS; BEHAVIORAL SEQUENCES; SAFETY BELT USE; SEATBELT USE;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEATBELT; TIME; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; SEAT BELTS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 38349014190     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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