@article{ref1,
title="The relationship between previous driving record and driver culpability in fatal, multiple-vehicle collisions",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="1977",
author="Banks, W. W. and Shaffer, J. W. and Masemore, W. C. and Fisher, R. S. and Schmidt, C. W. Jr and Zlotowitz, H. I.",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="9-13",
abstract="In an effort to shed light on the relationship between past driving record and driver culpability in fatal, multiple vehicle collisions, the past driving records of 41 pairs of legally-culpable and legally-innocent male drivers--each pair involved in the same fatal accident--were compared for number of past moving violation convictions. As hypothesized, the legally-culpable drivers had approximately three times the number of past moving violation convictions as had the legally-innocent ones. Further analyses revealed a number of additional relationships, including the greater incidence of fatality and alcohol involvement among the legally-culpable drivers. Marked differences between the two groups in terms of central tendencies and covariance structure of relevant variables suggest that two different populations of drivers are involved.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}