Traffic Safety and the Driver
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Traffic Safety and the Driver is a book authored by Leonard Evans.
Reception
[edit]While the data presented is in some regards dated, the concepts apply now as they did then.[opinion] This book has been repeatedly referred to as a classic in the fields of traffic safety, vehicle safety, and crash prevention.[by whom?] It has been positively reviewed by most of the world's most influential technical journals in relevant fields.[1][unreliable source?] Traffic Safety and the Driver is now largely eclipsed by the author's more recent book Traffic Safety, which has received similarly enthusiastic reviews.[2][unreliable source?]
Chapter headings
[edit]The book was organized as follows:
- Introduction
- Effects of Sex and Age
- An Overview of U.S. Traffic Fatalities
- Engineering, Roadway and Environmental Factors
- Driver Performance
- Driver Behavior
- Alcohol's Role in Traffic Crashes
- Drunk Driving Countermeasures
- Effectiveness of Occupant Protection Devices When Used
- Restraint-Use Laws, Use Rates, and Field Effectiveness
- User Responses to Changes in Traffic Systems
- How You Can Reduce Your Risk
- An Attempt to Estimate the Relative Importance of Factors
- Traffic Safety in Broader Contexts
- Conclusions
References
[edit]- ^ "Traffic Safety and the Driver – Reviews". Scienceservingsociety.com. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "Reviews – "Traffic Safety" by Leonard Evans 2004". Scienceservingsociety.com. 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
Further reading
[edit]- Evans, Leonard (1991). Traffic Safety and the Driver. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-00163-0.
- Evans, Leonard (2004). Traffic Safety. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Science Serving Society. ISBN 0-9754871-0-8.
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