Speeding or not speeding? When subjective assessment of safe, pleasurable and risky speeds determines speeding behaviour

European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-98

  Lheureux, Florent ^a  

^a Université de Franche Comté ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Risk perception; Speed assessment; Speed limit; Speeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864020695     PISSN: 18891861     EISSN: 19894007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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