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Models in Traffic Psychology

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“There is nothing as practical as a good theory” (Lewin). This is true also within traffic psychology (OECD, 1997). Theories and models make it possible to sort our observations in a way which explains our observations, create ideas about how to make further studies, gives ideas about how to solve problems and predicts future development. Some decades ago there were ambitions to create a unified traffic science with its own theories and models. However, presently most researchers agree that the best research is carried out on the disciplinary level, that is, for example, traffic psychology (Rumar, 1990).

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