Accidents, aberrant behaviours, and speeding of young moped riders

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-511

  Steg, Linda ^a   Brussel, Annemarie van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aberrant behaviour; Accident involvement; Attitudes; DBQ; Errors; Lapses; Moped riders; Perceived behaviour control; Social norms; Speeding; Theory of planned behaviour; Violations

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; ERRORS; SURVEYS;

ABERRANT BEHAVIOUR; ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT; ATTITUDES; BEHAVIOUR CONTROLS; LAPSES; SOCIAL NORM; SPEEDING; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR; VIOLATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 71849106519     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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