VEHICLE CONTROL AND DRIVING EXPERIENCE: A PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL APPROACH
IN AN EXPERIMENT WITH 17 DRIVERS WITHOUT DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND 16 DRIVERS WITH DRIVING EXPERIENCE MEASUREMENTS WERE CARRIED OUT FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS OF DRIVERS, THEIR BEHAVIOUR IN DRIVING AND BRAKING, AND VEHICLE REACTIONS, WITH A SPECIALLY FITTED PRIVATE VEHICLE. IT WAS SHOWN THAT THE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLES FOR THE 25 KM LONG EXPERIMENTAL STRETCH WAS EQUAL FOR THE TWO GROUPS, WHEREAS FOR THE PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS THE FOLLOWING DIFFERENCES RESULTED: FOR THE GROUP OF DRIVERS WITHOUT EXPERIENCE, MOST DEVIATIONS REGARDING PHYSIOLOGICAL VALUES ARE PUT DOWN TO SITUATIONS IN ROAD TRAFFIC IN WHICH BRAKING WAS NECESSARY. SIMILARLY, FOR THE GROUP OF DRIVERS WITH EXPERIENCE THE DRIVING REACTION WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT VARIABLE. GALVANIC REACTION OF THE SKIN APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT INDICATION FOR MENTAL EFFORT DURING DRIVING. SKILLS IN VEHICLE CONTROL DEVELOP RAPIDLY, WHEREAS DIFFERENCES IN PHYSIOLOGICAL REACTIONS INDICATE A RELATIVELY SLOW DEVELOPMENT IN SKILLS NECESSARY FOR GRASPING THE RELEVANT INFORMATION.
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Authors:
- HELANDER, M
- Publication Date: 1977
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 6-11
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Serial:
- Z VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT
- Volume: 23
- Issue Number: 1
- ISSN: 0044-3654
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Driver experience; Driving; Motor skills; Physiology; Recently qualified drivers; Tests
- ITRD Terms: 1855: Driving (veh); 2225: Experience (human); 2062: Physiology; 1782: Recently qualified driver; 2205: Skill (road user); 6255: Test
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01300872
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Nov 21 2010 8:01AM