In 1991-1992 a representative survey of drivers was conducted in 15 European countries. The project was named `SARTRE' (Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk in Europe). This survey covered a wide spectrum of biographical driver data as well as opinions and attitudes concerning many subjects of road safety. An important aim of the survey was to assist European policy makers in their decision making about traffic legislation and measures. From this perspective a relevant research question is: What are the main national differences with regard to opinions and attitudes concerning traffic measures ? To answer this question canonical correlation analyses were performed on subsets of questions from the survey. The results of the analysis are presented and discussed: on the basis of these analysis a network of partly diverging, partly converging nationalities has been identified. (A)
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