附註:Includes bibliographical references.
""Shopping for Safety""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""PREFACE""; ""NOTE""; ""CONTENTS""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE AND CRASHWORTHINESS""; ""CURRENT CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION""; ""CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING AND SAFETY INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS""; ""KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Findings""; ""Recommendations""; ""Improvements to Existing Information""; ""Development of Summary Measures""; ""Development of a Process To Stimulate Better Consumer Safety Information and Safer Cars""; ""BENEFITS OF CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION""
""1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW""""LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT AND SCOPE OF STUDY""; ""WHAT IS VEHICLE SAFETY?""; ""Crash Avoidance""; ""Vehicle Crashworthiness""; ""CRASH CAUSATION AND THE ROLE OF VEHICLE-RELATED FACTORS""; ""FEDERAL REGULATION OF VEHICLE SAFETY FEATURES""; ""DRIVER ATTITUDES TO CRASH LIKELIHOOD AND VEHICLE SAFETY""; ""INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR STUDY""; ""ORGANIZATION OF REPORT""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Abbreviations""; ""2 CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH AVOIDANCE AND CRASHWORTHINESS""; ""VEHICLE SAFETY DATA""; ""Engineering Data""
""Biomechanics Research""""Crash Data""; ""Data Issues""; ""CURRENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE FROM AVAILABLE DATA""; ""Crash Avoidance""; ""Crashworthiness""; ""Vehicle Size and Weight""; ""Crash Types""; ""SUMMARY OF THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Abbreviations""; ""3 CURRENTLY AVAILABLE CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE SAFETY INFORMATION ""; ""SOURCES OF CONSUMER VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION""; ""Comparative Vehicle Safety Data""; ""Summary Compilations of Vehicle Safety Information""; ""DISSEMINATION OUTLETS""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF THE NCAP STAR-RATING SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY""
""STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF CURRENT INFORMATION""""WHY BETTER INFORMATION IS NOT PROVIDED""; ""MAKING BETTER USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION""; ""NOTES""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Abbreviations""; ""4 CONSUMER DECISION MAKING, INFORMATION NEEDS, AND COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES ""; ""FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING MAJOR PRODUCT PURCHASE DECISIONS""; ""Information Processing Theory of Consumer Choice""; ""The Decision Problem: Motive and Relevance""; ""Decision Maker Attributes""; ""Decision Strategies""; ""Framing New Information""; ""Implications for Provision of Vehicle Safety Information""
""AUTOMOBILE PURCHASE DECISIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION""""Consumer Understanding of Vehicle Safety Characteristics""; ""The Automobile Purchasing Decision Process""; ""Importance of Vehicle Safety as a Purchase Attribute""; ""Likely Use of Improved Safety Information""; ""Summary""; ""STRUCTURING AND COMMUNICATING VEHICLE SAFETY INFORMATION""; ""Presentation of Vehicle Safety Information""; ""Communication of Vehicle Safety Information""; ""Matching Dissemination of Vehicle Safety Information with Consumer Information Search Strategies""; ""Targeting the Message""
