Traffic safety and human behavior /
Traffic crashes are one of the ten leading causes of deaths worldwide, and the leading cause of death for young people in the western world - a seemingly necessary evil that accompanies increasing levels of motorization. In this comprehensive 2nd edition of the classic "Traffic Safety and Human...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bingley :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
[2017]
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Edición: | Second edition. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction and background
- Research methods
- Theories and models of driver behavior
- Vision, visual attention, and visual search
- Driver information processing: attention, perception, reaction time, and comprehension
- Young and novice drivers
- Older drivers
- Speed and safety
- Personality and aggressive driving
- Use of occupant restraints
- Alcohol and driving
- Drugs and driving
- Distraction and inattention
- Fatigue and driving
- Pedestrians
- Motorcyclists and riders of other powered two-wheelers (PTWs)
- Bicyclists
- Accident/crash causation and analysis
- Crash countermeasures and design of safety.