A restatement of the case for speed limits

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-204

  Elvik, Rune ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Objective; Rationality; Speed choice; Speed limits; Subjective

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; COORDINATE; VELOCITY;

EID: 76749083302     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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