An Australasian model license reassessment procedure for identifying potentially unsafe drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-359

  Fildes, Brian N ^a   Charlton, Judith ^a   Pronk, Nicola ^a   Langford, Jim ^a   Oxley, Jennie ^a   Koppel, Sjaanie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash Risk; Licensing; Older Drivers

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRIVER LICENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 49449099213     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802091199     Document Type: Conference Paper

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