Mileage, Car Ownership, Experience of Punishment Avoidance, and the Risky Driving of Young Drivers

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 559-567

  Scott Parker, B ^a   Watson, B ^a   King, M J ^a   Hyde, M K ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car ownership; Exposure; Novice; Police; Risky driving; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAR; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OWNERSHIP; PUNISHMENT; QUEENSLAND; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857931898     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.621000     Document Type: Article

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