Age and gender differences in overtaking maneuvers on two-lane rural highways

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2248, 2011, Pages 30-36

  Farah, Haneen ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RURAL AREAS;

ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT; AGE DIFFERENCES; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; GEOMETRIC CONDITIONS; OVERTAKING MANEUVERS; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRAFFIC VIOLATION; TWO LANE RURAL HIGHWAYS; TWO-LANE HIGHWAYS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 84255204536     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2248-04     Document Type: Article

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