Citation

Krus DJ, Nelsen EA. Percept. Mot. Skills 1996; 83(3): 1005-1006.

Affiliation

Department of Measurement, Statistics, and Methodological Studies, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-0611, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8961338

Abstract

The transition of the East European countries from socialist to capitalist economies is marked by an exponential rise in traffic-related deaths. This increase is routinely ascribed to the rising numbers of privately owned cars; however, this explanation does not take into account the fact that, while in the Western societies the number of cars on the road and number of traffic deaths are positively correlated, in the postcommunist countries this correlation is negative. This finding is discussed within the framework of an hypothesis that class differences and related feelings of superiority contribute to homicides related to moving vehicles.

Language: en