Effect of a road safety training program on drivers' comparative optimism

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 478-482

  Perrissol, Stéphane ^a   Smeding, Annique ^a   Laumond, Francis ^b   Le Floch, Valérie ^a  

^a CNRS UPS 846   (France)

^b EFCASER Ecole de Formation la Conduite Automobile et la SEcurité Routire   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative optimism; Driving; Risk perception; Road safety training course

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE OPTIMISM; DRIVING; PREVENTIVE ACTION; ROAD SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS; TRAINING COURSE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CURRICULA; RISK ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUDGMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649972434     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.08.023     Document Type: Article

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