Shopping for safety : providing consumer automotive safety information /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1996.
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Colección: | Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board) ;
248. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Shopping for Safety
- COPYRIGHT
- PREFACE
- NOTE
- CONTENTS
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE AND CRASHWORTHINESS
- CURRENT CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION
- CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING AND SAFETY INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
- KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Findings
- Recommendations
- Improvements to Existing Information
- Development of Summary Measures
- Development of a Process To Stimulate Better Consumer Safety Information and Safer Cars
- BENEFITS OF CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION
- 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEWLEGISLATIVE CONTEXT AND SCOPE OF STUDY
- WHAT IS VEHICLE SAFETY?
- Crash Avoidance
- Vehicle Crashworthiness
- CRASH CAUSATION AND THE ROLE OF VEHICLE-RELATED FACTORS
- FEDERAL REGULATION OF VEHICLE SAFETY FEATURES
- DRIVER ATTITUDES TO CRASH LIKELIHOOD AND VEHICLE SAFETY
- INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
- IMPLICATIONS FOR STUDY
- ORGANIZATION OF REPORT
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- Abbreviations
- 2 CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE AND CRASHWORTHINESS
- VEHICLE SAFETY DATA
- Engineering Data
- Biomechanics ResearchCrash Data
- Data Issues
- CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE FROM AVAILABLE DATA
- Crash Avoidance
- Crashworthiness
- Vehicle Size and Weight
- Crash Types
- SUMMARY OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- Abbreviations
- 3 CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION
- SOURCES OF CONSUMER VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION
- Comparative Vehicle Safety Data
- Summary Compilations of Vehicle Safety Information
- DISSEMINATION OUTLETS
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE NCAP STAR-RATING SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY
- STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT INFORMATIONWHY BETTER INFORMATION IS NOT PROVIDED
- MAKING BETTER USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- Abbreviations
- 4 CONSUMER DECISION MAKING, INFORMATION NEEDS, AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
- FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING MAJOR PRODUCT PURCHASE DECISIONS
- Information Processing Theory of Consumer Choice
- The Decision Problem: Motive and Relevance
- Decision Maker Attributes
- Decision Strategies
- Framing New Information
- Implications for Provision of Vehicle Safety Information
- AUTOMOBILE PURCHASE DECISIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATIONConsumer Understanding of Vehicle Safety Characteristics
- The Automobile Purchasing Decision Process
- Importance of Vehicle Safety as a Purchase Attribute
- Likely Use of Improved Safety Information
- Summary
- STRUCTURING AND COMMUNICATING VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION
- Presentation of Vehicle Safety Information
- Communication of Vehicle Safety Information
- Matching Dissemination of Vehicle Safety Information with Consumer Information Search Strategies
- Targeting the Message