COLOUR BLINDNESS AND DRIVING APTITUDE
FARBSINNSTOERUNGEN UND KRAFTFAHREIGNUNG
243 DRIVING LICENCE APPLICANTS AND HOLDERS, WHO HAD BEEN REFERRED FOR AN EXAMINATION ON DRIVING APTITUDE BY A DOCTOR, WERE SUBJECTED TO AN ADDITIONAL TEST IN ORDER TO CHECK FOR COLOUR BLINDNESS. THE ASSESSMENTS BY THE OPHTHALMOLOGIST AND THE TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGIST WERE CARRIED OUT INDEPENDENTLY AND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE OTHER'S RESULTS. THE EVALUATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN PAIRED COMPARISONS. AGE, INTELLIGENCE, DRIVING EXPERIENCE, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND FINES WERE PARALLELLED. RESULTS: UNDER STRESS, DRIVERS SUFFERING FROM COLOUR BLINDNESS ARE LESS EFFICIENT WITH RESPECT TO THEIR POWER OF CONCENTRATION, THEIR REACTION MECHANISM RELATED TO DRIVING AND THEIR ENDURANCE. NO LOWERING OF EFFICIENCY CAN BE PROVED WHEN THERE ARE NO PRESSURES. DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITIES WERE FOUND TO HAVE NO IMMEDIATE RELATION WITH TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR. THERE ARE HOWEVER COMPENSATING FACTORS FOR SOME OF THE COLOUR-BLIND PEOPLE. THE DISTURBANCE MUST BE CONSIDERED A RISK FACTOR, AS WEAKNESSES IN EFFICIENCY OR PERSONALITY ARE MORE LIKELY TO LEAD TO NEGATIVE APTITUDE FACTORS IN A TRAFFIC SITUATION WHEN THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL DEGREE OF COLOUR BLINDNESS.
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Corporate Authors:
KURATORIUM FUER VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT (VERKEHRSPSYCHOLOGISCHES INSTITUT)
OELZELTGASSE 3
WIEN, OESTERREICH A-1031 -
Authors:
- HOSEMANN, A
- WELISCH, G
- Publication Date: 1979-2
Language
- German
Media Info
- Pagination: 24P
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Serial:
- Volume: 2
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alertness; Aptitude; Color blindness; Driving; Motor reactions; Perception; Personality; Psychological tests
- ITRD Terms: 2238: Attention; 2077: Colour blindness; 2226: Driving aptitude; 2229: Perception; 2258: Personality; 2276: Psychological examination; 2247: Reaction (human)
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01289226
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Kuratorium für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 1:41AM