ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR DRIVING DECISION-MAKING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING PROCEDURES TO MEASURE DRIVER DECISION-MAKING PERFORMANCE AND THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPROVING THAT DECISION- MAKING PERFORMANCE THROUGH TRAINING. THE STUDY CONSISTED OF FIVE INTERRELATED TASKS. CRITICAL DRIVING SITUATIONS WERE IDENTIFIED AND DRIVER DECISION-MAKING REQUIREMENTS WERE ANALYZED WITHIN A HUMAN INFORMATION-PROCESSING FRAMEWORK. A REVIEW OF MEASUREMENT DEVICES AND TRAINING TECHNIQUES REVEALED SERIOUS DEFICIENCIES WITH RESPECT TO DECISION MAKING. FOUR SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS WERE IDENTIFIED AS RELATED TO EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING. A CLASSIFICATION-TRAINING MODEL WAS DEVELOPED AND RELATED TO A PROBABILISTIC POLICY MAKING COST-BENEFIT MODEL. A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS PROPOSED FOR FOUR SEPARATE GROUPS OF DRIVERS. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No TR-55
• Corporate Authors:

  Rochester University

  /Management Rsrch Ctr
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Barrett, G V
  • Alexanderr, R A
  • FORBES, J B
• Publication Date: 1973-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 336 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Driver improvement programs; Driver training; Emergencies; Feasibility analysis; Mathematical models; Traffic safety education
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223352
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM