Can simulator-based training improve street-crossing safety for elderly pedestrians?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 206-218

  Dommes, Aurélie ^a   Cavallo, Viola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Pedestrian; Safety; Simulator; Street crossing; Training

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SIMULATORS; SPEED; VEHICLES;

AGEING; DECISION CRITERIONS; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; PEDESTRIAN; PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES; POST INTERVENTIONS; STREET CROSSING; TRAINING PROGRAMMES;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

EID: 84856053705     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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