A cross-cultural comparison of road traffic risk perceptions, attitudes towards traffic safety and driver behaviour

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 657-684

  Nordfjærn, Trond ^a   Jrgensen, Stig ^a   Rundmo, Torbjorn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

attitudes; behaviour; high income country; low income country; risk perception; road traffic

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; BEHAVIOUR; HIGH-INCOME COUNTRY; LOW-INCOME COUNTRY; ROAD TRAFFIC;

RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SURVEYS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 80051534205     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2010.547259     Document Type: Article

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