Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1. Reducing Teen Fatalities: Do Graduated Licensing Programs Help Solve the Problem?, pp. 1-23
(Carlo Giacomo Prato, Ran Naor Road Safety Research Center, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Technion Campus, Haifa, Israel)
Chapter 2. Psychological Functions of Driving and Risky Driving and Involvement in Risky Driving in Adolescence, pp. 25-47
(Manuela Bina, Federica Graziano, Emanuela Calandri, Giovanni Vecchio, Elena Cattelino, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy, and others)
Chapter 3. The Role of Parents and Friends in Adolescent Risky Driving: How They Drive and What They Think about Risky Driving, pp. 49-66
(Federica Graziano, Manuela Bina, Tatiana Begotti, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy)
Chapter 4. Characteristics and Crash Related Behaviour of Vulnerable Road Users Presented to Emergency Departments, pp. 67-86
(Andy H. Lee, Lynn B. Meuleners, Michelle L. Fraser, Centre for Population Health Research, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia)
Chapter 5. Human Factors Related To Occupational Accidents (Simo Salminen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Occupational Safety, Helsinki, Finland) pp. 87-103
Chapter 6. Sleep-Related Car Crashes: Risk Perception and Coping with Sleepiness at the Wheel, pp. 105-113
(Cristiano Violani, Fabio Lucidi, Luca Mallia, Department of Psychology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy)
Chapter 7. Feature Analysis of Highway Accident Duration in Taiwan, pp. 115-123
(Ying Lee, Chien-Hung Wei, Department of Hospitality Management, Ming Dao University, Taiwan, and others)
Chapter 8. Information Processing, Personality, and Demographic Variables as Predictors of Crashes and Moving Violations, pp. 125-148
(Winfred Arthur, Department of Psychology, Texas A&M University, TX, Eric Anthony Day, Department of Psychology, The University of Oklahoma, OK)
Chapter 9. The Role of Situation Awareness in Accident Prevention, pp. 149-164
(Steven J. Kass, Shauna Legan, University of West Florida, Kerstan Cole, Texas Tech University)
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