Driver distractions: Characteristics underlying drivers' risk perceptions

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 771-780

  Titchener, Kirsteen ^a   Wong, Ides Y ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

distraction; driving; multidimensional scaling; risk perceptions

Indexed keywords

CURRENT RESEARCHES; DISTRACTION; DRIVER DISTRACTIONS; DRIVING; IN-VEHICLE; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SCALING; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AREAS; ROAD SAFETY;

RESEARCH; RISK ANALYSIS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956494553     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669870903551696     Document Type: Article

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