An investigation of driver attitudes and behaviour in rural and urban areas in Norway

Safety Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 348-356

  Nordfjærn, Trond ^a,b   Jørgensen, Stig Halvard ^a   Rundmo, Torbjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Department of Geography ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Driver behaviour; Rural; Traffic safety; Urban

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; PERSONALITY VARIABLES; RESPONSE RATE; SEM; TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN AREAS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; SURVEYS;

DRIVER TRAINING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; HUMAN; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 75449086294     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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