ROAD TRAFFIC: SAFETY, MODELING AND IMPACTS -- ROAD TRAFFIC: SAFETY, MODELING AND IMPACTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CANNABIS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MODELS AND SIMULATION FOR TRAFFIC JAM AND SIGNAL CONTROL -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. MODELS OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC -- 3. FUNDAMENTAL DIAGRAM AND CHARACTERISTICS -- 4. TRAFFIC JAMS INDUCED BY SLOWDOWN SECTIONS -- 5. TRAFFIC FLOW ON MULTI-LANE HIGHWAY -- 6. VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONTROLLED BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS -- 7. MAXIMAL FLOW AND CLUSTERING CONTROLLED BY SIGNALS -- 8. CHAOS INDUCED BY TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND SPEEDUP -- 9. SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FORENSIC INVESTIGATION OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TYPES OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS -- 3. TYPE AND LOCATION OF INJURY -- 4. NATURAL DISEASES -- 5. COMPLICATIONS AFTER TRAFFIC INJURY/ DELAYED DEATH -- 6. INJURIES FROM SAFETY SYSTEMS -- 7. MOTOR VEHICLE FIRES -- 8. SUICIDE OR HOMICIDE WITH MOTOR VEHICLES -- 9. WHO WAS THE DRIVER? -- 10. TOXICOLOGY IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS -- 11. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MANAGEMENT OF DEPRESSED SKULL FRACTURE: EXPERIENCE OF GENERAL SURGEONS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CLINICAL PATIENTS AND METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONSTRUCT AND CRITERION VALIDITY OF AN OBJECTIVE MEASURE OF RESPONDENTS' SUBJECTIVELY ACCEPTED LEVEL OF RISK IN ROAD TRAFFIC -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE PERSONALITY TESTS IN TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT -- FORMULATION OF THE PROBLEM -- OVERVIEW OF THE STUDIES -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- SIMULATION OF TRAVELLERS' DYNAMIC RESPONSE TO REAL TIME TRAFFIC INFORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. TRAVELLER ROUTE CHOICE BEHAVIOUR -- 3. MICROSCOPIC TRAFFIC SIMULATION -- 4. VMS ROUTE GUIDANCE APPLICATION -- 5. PRELIMINARY SIMULATION RESULTS -- 6. CONCLUSION.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- NEW TRENDS IN ROAD TRAFFIC SAFETY RESEARCH ON SENIOR DRIVERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION: EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH WORK IN AGING AND DRIVING CONTEXT -- USEFUL VISUAL FIELD AND DRIVING: STATUS REPORT AND EVOLUTION -- CONCEPT AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES -- SEVERAL FORMS OF DETERIORATION -- RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDICES RELATED TO VISUAL FIELD AND ROAD SAFETY -- ROAD ACCIDENTS AND THE RISK OF HAVING AN ACCIDENT -- USEFUL VISUAL FIELD ASSESSMENT DURING DRIVING -- FUTURE PERSPECTIVES -- METACOGNITION: A KEY FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRIVERS' ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES -- SOME BASIC NOTIONS OF METACOGNITION -- METACOGNITION AND DRIVING -- IMPLICATION FOR FUTURE RESEARCH: NEW RETRAINING CURRICULA FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN EFFECTIVE SEQUENTIAL APPROACH FOR DYNAMIC ACCIDENT DURATION FORECASTING -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LITERATURE REVIEW -- 3. MODEL BUILDING -- 4. MODEL EVALUATION RESULTS -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS FOR SIGNALIZED ROAD NETWORK DESIGN PROBLEM -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PROBLEM FORMULATION -- 3. SOLUTION METHOD -- 4. NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS -- 5. CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER ISSUES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- SOCIAL COGNITIVE HUMAN FACTORS OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ON THE CONCURRENT INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL COGNITION AND HUMAN FACTORS -- MOTIVATION -- EXPECTANCIES -- AGGRESSION -- SOCIAL FACILITATION -- ATTITUDES AND PERSUASION -- IMPLICIT RACIAL ATTITUDES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DRIVER RESPONSES TO SPEED CAMERA ENFORCEMENT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES.

METHODS AND ANALYSIS OF AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR AVALANCHE-PRONE ROADS: EXAMPLES AND COMPARISONS FOR THE MILFORD ROAD, NEW ZEALAND -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. METHODS OF AVALANCHE RISK ASSESSMENT -- 4. SENSITIVITY OF THE METHODS -- 5. DISCUSSION AND CASE STUDIES -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND COGNITIVE TASK PERFORMANCE OF FATIGUED DRIVERS: EFFECTS OF ROAD ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR CHANGES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. METHODS -- 3. RESULTS -- 4. DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PATHOMECHANISM OF HEAD INJURIES IN FATAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ROAD TRAUMA IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INCIDENCE -- ETIOLOGY -- TRAUMA MANAGEMENT -- ABDOMINAL TRAUMA MANAGEMENT -- ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA MANGAGMENT -- NEUROLOGICAL TRAUMA MANAGEMENT -- PAEDIATRIC TRAUMA MANAGEMENT -- PREVENTATIVE INTERVENTIONS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS IN MALAYSIA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PROFILE OF A TYPICAL MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLIST WITH POOR ROAD SAFETY ATTITUDE -- INJURIES IN MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLISTS -- CRASH HELMETS -- PREVENTION -- REFERENCES -- A SIMULATION OF A ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BUSINESS PROCESS SIMULATION -- METHODOLOGY -- THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT CASE STUDY -- REDESIGN OF THE ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SPATIAL MODELING OF AIR POLLUTION BASED ON TRAFFIC EMISSIONS IN URBAN AREAS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. NUMERICAL MODELING FOCUSED ON AIR POLLUTION -- 3. MODELING IN WIND TUNNELS -- 4. METHODS BASED ON EXPLORATORY SPATIAL DATA ANALYSIS -- 5. TRAFFIC EMISSION INVENTORIES IN URBAN AREAS.

6. SPATIAL ESTIMATION OF AIR POLLUTION BY LASER SCANNING -- 7. GIS-BASED SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION -- 8. A CASE STUDY FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF AIR POLLUTION FROM URBAN TRAFFIC IN PRAGUE -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.