Results Questionnaires were completed by 234 (93.6%) of 250 children who were approached. The mean age of the children was 14.3 (range 13-15 years). 70 (29%) were girls and 141 (60%) were boys; 23 (9.8%) did not fill in the personal details. 12 girls had driven a car or bike, of which 6 always, 4 sometimes and 2 never had driven without a helmet/seat-belt. 66 boys had driven a car or bike of wh...

Policies limiting the number of days vehicles are permitted to circulate based on last digit their license plates have experienced a resurgence in popularity, particularly Chinese cities. This paper provides critical review literature license-plate-based driving restrictions. Of 235 papers reviewed, most (152) only briefly mention restriction programmes describe contextual conditions or provide...

BACKGROUND This study is to report characteristics of people killed in road traffic crashes and to describe major patterns of traffic crashes in China. METHODS Descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were conducted. Road traffic death national data, population denominator data and motor vehicles data of 2009 were obtained from the Bureau of Traffic Management at Ministry of Public Se...

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The use of driving simulators in clinical trials is an interesting new development for testing the effects of drugs on impairment. Medscape interviewed Gary G. Kay, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Georgetown University School of Medicine and President, Cognitive Research Corporation, concerning his company's simulator -the CRC MiniSimTM – and how it is being used in clinical ...

In Organizational behavior is a function of the interaction between individuals and their environment. The purpose this research to find out how organizational in Services for Making Driving Permits (SIM) at Sukabumi Porles. administrative service making driving licenses carried with intent achieving order, obtain accurate SIM data as basis decisions, result registration people City issuance pr...

INTRODUCTION The New Zealand Graduated Driver Licensing System (GDLS) is designed to allow novice drivers to gain driving experience under conditions of reduced risk. METHOD To examine the effectiveness of the GDLS, an analysis of how the crash involvement of novice drivers changes as drivers move through the GDLS was undertaken. Crash profiles were created by data matching the New Zealand li...

In studies concerning driver state, particularly attention loss and driver drowsiness, a phenomenon can be observed which we refer to as driving without awareness (DWA). The purpose of the study presented here is to learn more about the underlying characteristics of this symptom of driver drowsiness that occurs if the will to keep one’s eyes open overrides the physiolo gical need of a drowsy pe...