Comprehensibility of traffic signs among urban drivers in Turkey

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-141

  Kirmizioglu, Erkut ^a   Tuydes Yaman, Hediye ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Familiarity; Survey analysis; Traffic safety; Traffic signs; Vienna convention

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; CURRENT LEVELS; DRIVER EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILIARITY; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS; SAFETY PROBLEMS; SUDDEN CHANGE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAFFIC SAFETY PROBLEMS; VIENNA CONVENTION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DRIVER TRAINING; SURVEYS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; CAR DRIVING; COMPREHENSION; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SYMBOLISM; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPREHENSION; CUES; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SAFETY; SYMBOLISM; TURKEY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856097090     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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