Influence of traffic enforcement on the attitudes and behavior of drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-38

  Stanojević, Predrag ^a   Jovanović, Dragan ^b   Lajunen, Timo ^c,d  

^a Polytechnic School of Vocational Studies   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accidents; Attitudes; Behavior; Enforcement

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; BEHAVIOR; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRUNK DRIVING; ENFORCEMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; POLICE ENFORCEMENT; SEAT BELT; SPEED LIMIT; TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SURVEYS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATBELT; SERBIA; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YUGOSLAVIA;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEAT BELTS; SERBIA; YOUNG ADULT; YUGOSLAVIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872244642     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.019     Document Type: Article

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