Are novice drivers overconfident? A comparison of self-assessed and examiner-assessed driver competences in a Finnish and Swedish sample

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-130

  Mynttinen, Sami ^a   Sundström, Anna ^b   Koivukoski, Marita ^a   Hakuli, Kari ^a   Keskinen, Esko ^c   Henriksson, Widar ^b  

^a Finnish Vehicle Administration   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Turku University   (Finland)

Author keywords

Driver competence; Driving test; GDE model; Overconfidence; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION;

DRIVER COMPETENCE; DRIVING TEST; GDE-MODEL; OVERCONFIDENCE; SELF ASSESSMENT;

DRIVER TRAINING;

EID: 58749084839     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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