Risk-taking attitudes and risky driving behaviour

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 135-150

  Iversen, Hilde ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accident involvement; Attitudes; Longitudinal; Risky driving behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISKS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS; ATTITUDES; RISKY DRIVING BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 4944252348     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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