A comparison of the driving behavior between remunerated and volunteer drivers

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 339-344

  Newnam, Sharon ^a   Watson, Barry ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fleet vehicles; Safety; Volunteers; Work related driving

Indexed keywords

DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE; FLEET VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY; ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; SAFE DRIVING; SAFETY; SOCIAL CONTEXT; VOLUNTEERS; WORK-RELATED;

FLEET OPERATIONS; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

EID: 78049431656     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2010.09.012     Document Type: Article

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