AUTOMOBILE DRIVER AS A VARIABLE IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM

DRIVER BEHAVIOR IS ONE ASPECT OF A COMPLEX TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM CALLED AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION. AN AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAN BE REGARDED AS A MAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT TRAITS, APPLIED TO THE AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, MAKE A CASE FOR ADOPTING A TOTAL SYSTEMS APPROACH WHEN DESIGN CHANGES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR ANY VARIABLE. A MODEL IS SUGGESTED WHICH IS ADAPTABLE TO THE EVALUATION-FOR-DESIGN PURPOSES OF MAN-ENVIRONMENT SYSTEM. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Smithsonian Associates

  900 Jefferson Drive, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20560
• Authors:
  • CAMPBELL, R D
  • Schlesinger, L E
  • Roark, A L
• Publication Date: 1971-3-26

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Automobiles; Behavior; Drivers; Mathematical models
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223568
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 026
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1983 12:00AM