@article{ref1,
title="Are car drivers holding a motorcycle licence less responsible for motorcycle-car crash occurrence? A non-parametric approach",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="2006",
author="Magazzu, Domenico and Comelli, Mario and Marinoni, A.",
volume="38",
number="2",
pages="365-370",
abstract="The purpose of this work is to evaluate the effect of a specific motorcycle licence, held by car drivers, in responsibility for motorcycle-car crashes. The data were provided by a multicentric case-control study (MAIDS) regarding the risk of crash and serious injuries of motorcyclists. A non-parametric method, classification and regression tree (CART), was used to accomplish the objective, and then compared to standard unconditional logistic regression. Drivers owning a motorcycle licence turned out to be less responsible for motorcycle-car crashes than drivers who do not have one; both types of analysis are consistent with this result. It is reasonable to assume that car drivers who hold a motorcycle licence have acquired more ability in riding and controlling two wheeled vehicles than drivers without a licence, and this may help them in predicting motorcycles manoeuvres.   <p> </p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="10.1016/j.aap.2005.10.007",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2005.10.007"
}