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Public attitudes towards motorcyclists’ safety: A qualitative study from the United Kingdom

Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo, Erel Avineri, Yusak O Susilo, Darren Bhattachary

Accident Analysis & Prevention, Volume: 49

Swansea University Author: Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.aap.2011.06.005

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The aim of the reported research was to examine the perceptions of road user safety amongst different road users and examine the link between attitudes, empathy and skill in motorcycle safety behaviour. Motorcyclists were perceived by the study participants, members of the public at four different l...

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Published in: Accident Analysis & Prevention
ISSN: 0001-4575
Published: 2012
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