The effects of media portrayals of dangerous driving on young drivers' performance

New Transportation Research Progress

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-156

  Hennessy, Dwight A ^a   Hemingway, Jessica ^b   Howard, Sara R ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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