Driver celeration behaviour and accidents – an analysis

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 383-403

  Af Wahlberg A E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Celeration; Crash; Deceleration; Driver behaviour; Traffic accident

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007838205     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220701596722     Document Type: Article

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