Safety implications of driver misperception in road accidents involving child pedestrians
Accidents to child pedestrians are usually blamed on their inexperience and carelessness. This thesis proposes instead that the main problem is a form of driver error, overestimation of time-to-collision. When drivers have to make critical decisions about braking, time-to-collision may be much longe...
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University of Aberdeen
1994
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358258 |