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Original Articles

Crash risk perception of sleepy driving and its comparisons with drink driving and speeding: Which behavior is perceived as the riskiest?

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Pages 400-405 | Received 01 Apr 2015, Accepted 16 Sep 2015, Published online: 11 Apr 2016

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