Could esc (electronic stability control) change the way we drive?

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-347

  Rudin Brown, Christina M ^a,c   Jenkins, Richard W ^b   Whitehead, Tanya ^b   Burns, Peter C ^a  

^a TRANSPORT CANADA   (Canada)

^b TNS Canadian Facts   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral adaptation; Collision avoidance; Driver behavior; Electronic stability program; Survey research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; CAR; CAR DRIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349258364     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580903043446     Document Type: Article

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