Glossary of Acronyms
Traffic Safety and Human Behavior
ISBN: 978-1-78635-222-4, eISBN: 978-1-78635-221-7
Publication date: 20 June 2017
Citation
Shinar, D. (2017), "Glossary of Acronyms", Traffic Safety and Human Behavior, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1177-1179. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-221-720162029
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited
- AAA
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American Automobile Association
- AAAF
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AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
- AARP
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American Association of Retired Persons
- AASHTO
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American Association of State Highway Safety Officials
- ABLS
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Alternating Blinking Light System
- ABS
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Anti-lock Braking System
- ACC
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Adaptive Cruise Control
- ADAS
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Advanced Driver Assistance System
- AMA
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American Medical Association
- ANSI
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American National Standards Institute
- BAC
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Blood Alcohol Concentration
- BRT
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Brake Reaction Time
- CDC
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(U.S.) Centers for Disease Control
- CDS
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Count-Down Signal
- CHMSL
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Center High-Mounted Stop Light
- CMF
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Crash Modification Factor
- CNS
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Central Nervous System
- DALY
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Disability Adjusted Life Year
- DBQ
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Driver Behavior Questionnaire
- DECP
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Drug Evaluation and Classification Program
- DPS
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Demerit Point System
- DfT
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(U.K.) Department for Transport
- DOT
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(U.S.) Department of Transportation
- DRE
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Drug Recognition Expert
- DRL
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Daylight Running Lights
- DRUID
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Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Alcohol and Medicines
- DUID
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Driving Under the Influence of Drugs
- DWI
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Driving While Intoxicated
- EDR
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Event Data Recorder
- EC
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European Commission
- EEG
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Encephalogram
- ESC
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Electronic Stability Control
- ETSC
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European Transport Safety Council
- EU
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European Union
- FARS
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Fatality Analysis Reporting System
- FHWA
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(U.S.) Federal Highway Administration
- FMCSA
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(U.S.) Federal Motor-Carrier Safety Administration
- FOT
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Field Operational Test
- GDE
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Goals for Driver Education
- GDL
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Graduated Driver Licensing
- GDP
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Gross Domestic Product
- GHSA
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(U.S.) Governors Highway Safety Association
- GIDAS
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German In-Depth Accident Study
- HGN
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Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus
- HRV
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Heart Rate Variability
- HUD
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Head-Up Display
- ICADTS
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International Council on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety
- IIHS
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(U.S.) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
- ITF
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International Transport Forum
- IRTAD
-
International Road Traffic Accident Data
- ISA
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Intelligent Speed Adaptation
- ISO
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International Standards Organization
- ITE
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Institute of Transportation Engineers
- ITS
-
Intelligent Transportation System
- IVDR
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In-Vehicle Data Recorder
- KSS
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Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
- LATCH
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Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
- MADD
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Mothers against Drunk Driving
- MAIDS
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Motorcycle Accident In-Depth Study
- MAIS
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Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score
- MUTCD
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(U.S.) Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- NCAP
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New Car Assessment Program
- NADS
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(U.S.) National Advanced Driving Simulator
- NASA-TLX
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(U.S.) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index
- NASS
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(U.S.) National Automotive Sampling System
- NCSS
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(U.S.) National Crash Severity Study
- NDS
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Naturalistic Driving Study
- NHTSA
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(U.S.) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- NIDA
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(U.S.) National Institute of Drug Abuse
- NMVCCS
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(U.S.) National Motor-Vehicle Crash Causation Survey
- NRSA
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(Israel) National Road Safety Authority
- NSC
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(U.S.) National Safety Council
- NTSB
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(U.S.) National Transportation Safety Board
- OR
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Odds Ratio
- OECD
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Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
- PI/E
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Public Information and Education
- PMVI
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Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspection
- PRT
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Perception Reaction Time
- PTW
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Powered Two-Wheeler
- RAP
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Road Assessment Program
- RAPT
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Risk Awareness and Perception Training
- RR
-
Relative Risk
- RTOR
-
Right Turn On Red
- SAE
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Society of Automotive Engineers
- SARTRE
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Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk
- SFST
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Standardized Field Sobriety Test
- SHRP
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Strategic Highway Research Program
- SOFI
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Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory
- SPI
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Safety Performance Indicator
- SSS
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Sensation Seeking Scale or Stanford Sleepiness Scale
- SWOV
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(The Netherlands) Institute for Road Safety Research
- THC
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Tetra Hydro Cannabinol
- TNO
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(The Netherlands) Organization for Applied Scientific Research
- TPB
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Theory of Planned Behavior
- TRB
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(U.S.) Transportation Research Board
- TTC
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Time -to-Collision
- UDA
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Unsafe Driving Action
- UFOV
-
Useful Field of View
- UNECE
-
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- VRU
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Vulnerable Road User
- WHO
-
World Health Organization
- Prelims
- Part A Background, Methods, and Models
- 1 Introduction and Background
- 2 Research Methods
- 3 Theories and Models of Driver Behavior
- Part B Driver Capacities and Individual Differences
- 4 Vision, Visual Attention, and Visual Search
- 5 Driver Information Processing: Attention, Perception, Reaction Time, and Comprehension
- 6 Young and Novice Drivers
- 7 Older Drivers
- Part C Driving Style
- 8 Speed and Safety
- 9 Personality and Aggressive Driving
- 10 Use of Occupant Restraints
- Part D Driver Temporary Impairments
- 11 Alcohol and Driving
- 12 Drugs and Driving
- 13 Distraction and Inattention
- 14 Fatigue and Driving
- Part E Vulnerable Road Users
- 15 Pedestrians
- 16 Motorcyclists and Riders of Other Powered Two-Wheelers (PTWs)
- 17 Bicyclists
- Part F Crash Causation and Countermeasures
- 18 Accident/Crash Causation and Analysis
- 19 Crash Countermeasures and Design of Safety
- Glossary of Acronyms
- Author Index
- Subject Index