DRIVER EDUCATION: PROBLEMS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL GUIDELINES
A SURVEY IS PRESENTED OF THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO AUTOMOBILE DRIVING, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF A COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS A BIOLOGICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SOCIAL UNIT. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ERGONOMICS, HUMAN ENGINEERING, AND PSYCHOLOGY RANGE FROM RESEARCH ON TRAFFIC LIGHTS, DRIVER FATIGUE, TO DRIVER SUITABILITY, WITH THE EDUCATIONAL MEASURES DEVELOPED DIRECTLY FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES (E.G., THE PERSONALITY OF THE DRIVER) CONSIDERED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL LONG-TERM FACTORS IN TRAFFIC SAFETY, DESPITE THE RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF PSYCHOTECHNICAL SELECTION. /A/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 10, 8 PP, 38 REF
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Corporate Authors:
Studi E Recherche Di Psicologia
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Authors:
- Marzi
- Alberto
- Sirigatti
- Saulo
- Publication Date: 1967
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver training; Drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Human factors engineering; Human factors engineering; Traffic safety; Traffic signals
- Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00220886
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Psychological Abstracts
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 22 1970 12:00AM