The risk-taking behavior of automobile drivers, who were either alone or had passengers, was investigated by measuring the time spent waiting and the time interval before the next oncoming automobile while turning from a busy street without a stoplight. The results indicated that male drivers with same sex passengers had shorter wait times and drivers with mixed sex passengers had longer interval times.
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