AGE AND SEX FACTORS IN THE CONTROL OF AUTOMOBILES

FORTY VOLUNTEER SUBJECTS DROVE A SPECIALLY INSTRUMENTED CAR OVER AN INTERSTATE HIGHWAY COURSE AND A HEAVILY TRAVELED URBAN COURSE. TEN SUBJECTS WERE MEN OVER 30 YEARS OF AGE, TEN WERE WOMEN OVER 30, TEN WERE MEN UNDER 30, AND TEN WERE WOMEN UNDER 30. SEVERAL DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND BETWEEN VEHICLE CONTROL PATTERNS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN. SEVERAL SMALLER DIFFERENCES APPEARED BETWEEN AGE GROUPS. FINALLY, A COMPARISON OF INTERSTATE DATA WITH THAT OF A PREVIOUS STUDY (SOLIDAY AND ALLEN, 1972) REVEALED CONSISTENCY BETWEEN GROUPS, APART FROM A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE WITH RESPECT TO LANE CHANGES. AS EXPECTED, THE TYPE OF ROADWAY COURSE HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE CONTROL PATTERNS OF ALL SUBJECTS. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  North Carolina State University, Raleigh

  Raleigh, NC  United States  27695

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27514
• Authors:
  • SOLIDAY, S M
  • Allen, J A
• Publication Date: 1972-2

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Control; Driver performance; Drivers; Freeways; Gender; Handling characteristics; Human characteristics; Personnel performance; Urban highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Handling
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224158
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM