DRIVER TRAINING SIMULATORS, RANGES AND MODIFIED CARS - A REVIEW AND CRITIQUE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL LITERATURE - INTERIM REPRT

THE MORE REPRESENTATIVE KINDS OF DRIVING SIMULATORS, DRIVING RANGES, AND VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS ARE DESCRIBED AT A FUNCTIONAL LEVEL. PAPERS RELATING TO THEORETICAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO TRAINING WITH SIMULATORS AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH IN DRIVER EDUCATION ARE DISCUSSED. FIVE CLASSES OF STUDIES INVESTIGATING THE TRANSFER OF DRIVER TRAINING FROM A SIMULATED TO AN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ARE CRITICIZED. FINDINGS ARE SUMMARIZED AND DISCUSSED AND AREAS FOR ADDITIONAL RESEARCH IDENTIFIED. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No AIR-86400-7/71-IR
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institutes for Research

  1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20007-3835
• Authors:
  • Shettel, H H
  • Schumacher, S P
  • Gatewood, R D
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 86 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Driving simulators
• Old TRIS Terms: Automobile driving ranges
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221813
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1973 12:00AM