AN ASSESSMENT OF SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF A SIMULATED DRIVING TASK

PSCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM 89 MALE AND 74 FEMALE LICENSED DRIVERS USING THE SIM-L-CAR POINT-LIGHT-SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR. THIRTEEN MEASUREMENTS INVOLVING INDICES OF STEERING INPUT, ACCELERATOR INPUT, SPEED MAINTENANCE, AND LATERAL PLACEMENT INPUTS WERE INCLUDED. A SERIS OF MULTIPLE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSES ON THE DATA REVEALED THAT THE TEST BATTERY WAS CAPABLE OF DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN GROUPINGS BY AGE, SEX, VIOLATION, ACCIDENT, DRIVING EXPOSURE, TYPE OF DRIVING, RISK, AND DRIVER EDUCATION. ADDITIONAL DISCRIMINANT ANALYSES REVEALED THAT THE TEST BATTERY WAS CAPABLE OF DISCRIMINATION AMONG VIOLATION GROUPINGS AND ACCIDENT GROUPINGS OF THE MALE DATA AND DRIVING EXPOSURE GROUPINGS OF THE FEMALE DATA. DESCRIPTIVE DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM THE SUBJECTS FROM A DRIVING QUESTIONNAIRE. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT ACCIDENT COUNTERMEASURE AND DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAMS DEVELOPED ON THE BASIS OF MALE DRIVING PERFORMANCE DATA MAY NEED TO BE REEVALUATED.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Dakota, Vermillion

  Vermillion, SD  United States  57069
• Authors:
  • Hagen, R E
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 81 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash investigation; Discriminant analysis; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; Gender; Personnel performance; Simulation
• Old TRIS Terms: Discriminate analysis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222005
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM