Street racing: A neglected research area?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-156

  Vingilis, Evelyn ^a   Smart, Reginald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accidents; Automobile driving psychology; Canada; Incidence; Law enforcement; Risk taking; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVING; CRIME; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 67650745401     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802641753     Document Type: Article

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