Driving speed changes and subjective estimates of time savings, accident risks and braking

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 543-560

  Svenson, Ola ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ENGINEERING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VELOCITY;

EID: 67651162230     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1471     Document Type: Article

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