Fatigued and drowsy driving: A survey of attitudes, opinions and behaviors

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-309

  Vanlaar, Ward ^a   Simpson, Herb ^a   Mayhew, Dan ^a   Robertson, Robyn ^a  

^a Traffic Injury Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drowsy driving; Fatigued driving; Opinion poll; Prevalence; Sleepiness at the wheel

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; WEIGHT CONTROL;

DROWSY DRIVING; ELSEVIER (CO); KNOWLEDGE BASE (KB); NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL (NSC); ONTARIO (CO); PREVENTION MEASURES; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; PUBLIC OPINIONS; PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; ROAD CRASHES;

SURVEYS;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; ONTARIO; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 45449104420     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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