STUDIES OF THE DRIVER AS A CONTROL ELEMENT-PHASE 3-FINAL REPORT

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS TO STUDY DRIVER RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE IN FOUR TYPICAL DRIVING TASKS WHILE DRIVING EACH OF FOUR SIMULATED VEHICLES WITH A RANGE OF DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS. FIVE YOUNG MALE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS WERE USED AS SUBJECTS. THE COLLECTED DATA AND THE ANALYSIS OF THAT DATA CONTRIBUTE TOWARD UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE DRIVER CONTROL PROCESS. THE FOUR DRIVING TASKS SIMULATED WERE: LANE CHANGING; MAINTAINING POSITION IN THE FACE OF LATERAL WIND GUSTS; MAINTAINING POSITION WITH RANDOM WIND GUST DISTURBANCE OF THE VEHICLE HEADING ANGLE; AND MAINTAINING POSITION WITH LATERAL VELOCITY WIND GUSTS INTRODUCED INTO THE TV SYSTEM. DATA ON DRIVER RESPONSE AND CONTROL ARE PRESENTED IN TABLES AND CHARTS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No UCLA-ENG-7148
• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

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• Authors:
  • WOJCIK, C K
  • Allen, R W
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 108 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Driving simulators; Human machine systems; Mathematical models; Reaction time; Stability analysis
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221812
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 17 1973 12:00AM