What causes accidents : a semantic analysis.

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Haight, F.A.
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Abstract

Semantic problems have biased traffic safety programs. This paper analyzes the arguments which have been put forward for and against using the word ''accident'' and ''cause of an accident'' and shows how attitudes towards these questions can influence attitudes towards countermeasures.

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B 17006 (In: B 17001) /80/ IRRD 266194
Source

In: Accident causation, SAE, 1980, p. 51-54,. 7 ref.; SAE paper No. 800390

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