Negotiating left-hand and right-hand bends: A motorcycle simulator study to investigate experiential and behaviour differences across rider groups

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Crundall, Elizabeth ^a   Crundall, David ^a   Stedmon, Alex W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CYCLING; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HAND BEND; MOTORCYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HAND BEND; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRAINING; VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 84855696723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029978     Document Type: Article

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