In the company of cars: driving as a social and cultural practice
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1. Verfasser: Redshaw, Sarah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Aldershot, England Ashgate Pub. ©2008
Schriftenreihe:Human factors in road and rail transport
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-181) and index
Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cars and their Associations; Chapter 1 Enticing Cars and Driving Styles; Chapter 2 Inscribing Driving: Boredom and Pleasure on the Roads; Chapter 3 Cultured Drivers; Chapter 4 Driven by Desire; Chapter 5 Dilemmas of the Car; Chapter 6 An Ethical Future of Mobility; Bibliography; Index
Road safety research has traditionally involved a focus on individuals in which social norms are considered but rarely discussed in detail. Outlining the existing body of research on young drivers in particular, In the Company of Cars shows the contribution that considering road safety from a social and cultural perspective could make to the reduction of death and injury on the roads. It highlights the involvement of driving cultures, as distinct from car cultures, in the social framing of cars and the ways in which they are utilised
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 187 pages)
ISBN:0754690865
9780754690863
9780754671985
0754671984

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