Attitudes, driving behavior, and accident involvement among young male drivers in Saudi Arabia

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 47, Issue , 2017, Pages 59-71

  Mohamed, Moataz ^a   Bromfield, Nicole F ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Driving behavior; Safety; Saudi Arabia; Structural equation model; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ATTITUDE; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; YOUNG DRIVER;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 85018991098     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.04.009     Document Type: Article

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