Driver perceptions of the safety implications of quiet electric vehicles

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-131

  Cocron, Peter ^a   Krems, Josef F ^a  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric vehicles; Low noise; Risk perception; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PERCEPTION; AFFECTIVE ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL INCIDENTS; DRIVING EXPERIENCES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS); LONG-TERM EVALUATION; LOW NOISE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; HAZARDS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SAFETY; SOUND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC NOISE; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; LOW NOISE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, TRANSPORTATION; PERCEPTION; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOUND;

ELECTRIC VEHICLES; LOW NOISE; RISK PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 84878464776     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.04.028     Document Type: Article

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