Factors associated with motorcyclists’ speed behaviour on Malaysian roads

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 50, Issue , 2017, Pages 109-127

  Abdul Manan, Muhammad Marizwan ^a   Ho, Jen Sim ^a   Syed Tajul Arif, Syed Tajul Malik ^a   Abdul Ghani, Muhammad Ruhaizat ^a   Várhelyi, András ^b  

^a Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research ^*  (Malaysia)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mixed effects logistic regression; Motorcycle's characteristics; Motorcyclist's characteristics; Motorcyclists; Riding behaviour; Road type; Speed

Indexed keywords

RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SHOE MANUFACTURE; SHOULDERS (ROAD); SPEED; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MOTORCYCLIST'S CHARACTERISTICS; MOTORCYCLISTS; RIDING BEHAVIOUR; ROAD TYPE;

MOTORCYCLES;

EID: 85028778766     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.08.006     Document Type: Article

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