Overly cautious and dangerous: An empirical evidence of the older driver stereotypes

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 802-810

  Joanisse, Mélanie ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^a,b   Voloaca, Mihnea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageism; Driving simulation; Older driver; On road behavior

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

AGEISM; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SIMULATION; GENERAL POPULATION; OLDER DRIVERS; ON-ROAD BEHAVIORS; THREE CATEGORIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856108574     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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