Traffic risk perception, road safety attitudes, and behaviors among road users: A comparison of Turkey and Norway

Journal of Risk Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 787-800

  Şimşekoǧlu, Özlem ^a   Nordfjærn, Trond ^b   Rundmo, Torbjrn ^b  

^a IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

attitudes; cross cultural comparison; driver behavior; Norway; risk perception; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS; DRIVER BEHAVIOR; NORWAY; TURKEY;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; RISK PERCEPTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84864056216     PISSN: 13669877     EISSN: 14664461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2012.657221     Document Type: Article

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