Why is road safety in the U.S. not on par with Sweden, the U.K., and the Netherlands? Lessons to be learned

European Transport Research Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 295-302

  Luoma, Juha ^a   Sivak, Michael ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Countermeasures; Driver behavior; Fatality; Seat belt; Speeding; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOLS; AUTOMOBILE SEAT BELTS; RADAR COUNTERMEASURES;

DRIVER BEHAVIOR; FATALITY; SEAT BELT; SPEEDING; YOUNG DRIVER;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84906787738     PISSN: 18670717     EISSN: 18668887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12544-014-0131-7     Document Type: Article

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