A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTS OF AN ANALOG VERSUS DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER ON DRIVER PERFORMANCE IN A TASK ENVIRONMENT SIMILAR TO DRIVING

THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED THE EFFECTS OF AN ANALOG VERSUS AN DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER ON DRIVER PERFORMANCE. YOUNGER AND OLDER DRIVERS WERE ASKED TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF A VEHICLE ON A CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER WHILE DETECTING PEDESTRIANS MOVING OUT ONTO THE SIMULATED ROAD OF A FILMED, COMPUTER-GENERATED DRIVING SCENE. FOR THE SPEED CONTROL TASK, DRIVERS WERE ASKED EITHER TO MAINTAIN A PRECISE SPEED OR TO KEEP THEIR SPEED WITHIN A 5 MPH (8 KPH) RANGE. DRIVERS' SPEED CONTROL ACCURACY, ABILITY TO DETECT EVENTS ON THE ROADWAY, AND EYE MOVEMENT BEHAVIOUR WERE MEASURED. THE RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY INDICATED AN ADVANTAGE FOR THE ANALOG SPEEDOMETER, BUT FURTHER RESEARCH WILL BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO CONCLUSIVELY RECOMMEND ONE SPEEDOMETER FORMAT OVER THE OTHER. (A) FOR THE COVERING ABSTRACT OF THE CONFERENCE SEE IRRD 858984.

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• Authors:
  • Kiefer, R J
  • Angell, L S
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 283-90
• Serial:
  • VISION IN VEHICLES IV. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON VISION IN VEHICLES, UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, 27-29 AUGUST, 1991
  • Publisher: NORTH-HOLLAND

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analog simulation; Conferences; Detection and identification; Detectors; Digital computers; Digital simulation; Drivers; Driving; Eye movements; Mathematical models; Pedestrians; Simulation; Speed; Speedometers; Vision
• ITRD Terms: 6453: Analog model; 8525: Conference; 9115: Detection; 6483: Digital model; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 2057: Eye movement; 1733: Pedestrian; 9103: Simulation; 5408: Speed; 1348: Speedometer; 2066: Vision
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00639332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• ISBN: 0 444 89362 8
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 13 1993 12:00AM