%0 Journal Article
%T How to keep children safe in traffic: find the daredevils early
%J Journal of experimental psychology: applied
%D 2003
%A Hoffrage, Ulrich
%A Weber, A.
%A Hertwig, Ralph
%A Chase, Valerie M.
%V 9
%N 4
%P 249-260
%X Crossing the street in front of oncoming vehicles  poses serious danger to young children. But is each young pedestrian similarly  at risk? The authors aimed to identify children who are particularly prone to  making risky and potentially harmful crossing decisions. They used a simple game  involving risk to classify 5- to 6-year-olds as risk takers or risk avoiders.  Children classified as risk takers made more crossing decisions at a busy 1-way  street than risk avoiders, tolerated shorter time intervals between initiation  of the crossing decision and arrival of the next vehicle, and were more likely  to cause a (hypothetical) accident. Finally, they made decisions more quickly  than risk avoiders. The authors discuss the implication of these results for  traffic safety programs.
%G 
%I American Psychological Association
%@ 1076-898X
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/1076-898X.9.4.249