Speeding and the time-saving bias: How drivers' estimations of time saved in higher speed affects their choice of speed

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1978-1982

  Peer, Eyal ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Journey time; Speeding; Time estimation; Time saving bias

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

HIGH SPEED; HIGHER SPEED; JOURNEY TIME; SPEED LIMIT; SPEEDING; THREE CATEGORIES; TIME ESTIMATION; TIME-SAVING BIAS;

SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049376934     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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