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Drivers and Road Signs: A Preliminary Investigation of the Capacity of Car Drivers to get Information from Road Signs

GUNNAR JOHANSSON Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
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K[Adot]RE RUMAR Department of Psychology, University of Uppsala, SwedenView further author information
Pages 57-62 | Published online: 30 May 2007

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