Sleepy driving and pulling over for a rest: Investigating individual factors that contribute to these driving behaviours

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 105-110

  Watling, Christopher N ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Australian drivers; Driver sleepiness; Individual factors; Perceived legitimacy; Personality; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885481837     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.08.031     Document Type: Article

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