EFFECTS OF HEAD RESTRICTION ON DRIVERS' EYE MOVEMENTS AND ERRORS IN SIMULATED DANGEROUS SITUATIONS

TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTS OF RESTRICTED HEAD MOVEMENT ON EYE MOVEMENTS, TWO GROUPS OF VOLUNTEERS, ONE WITH HEAD RESTRICTED, THE OTHER WITH NO HEAD RESTRICTION, TRACKED A TRAFFIC FILM. TRACKING WAS DONE BY MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS OF AN AETNA DRIVO-TRAINER STATION WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY EYE MOVEMENTS WERE RECORDED. THE MAJOR FINDINGS WERE THAT; DRIVING PERFORMANCE IS BETTER WHEN DRIVERS ARE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR EYES AND HEAD ABOUT IN AN UNRESTRICTED MANNER, RESTRICTING THE HEAD MAY ALTER WHERE A DRIVER LOOKS IN THE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT AND HOW OFTEN INDIVIDUALS SHIFT THEIR FIXATIONS IS NEGATIVELY CORRELATED WITH ERRORS.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Authors:
  • SCHROEDER, S R
  • Allen, J A
  • BALL, P G
• Publication Date: 1973-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Eye fixations; Eye movements; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Tracking systems; Vision; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Tracking
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224519
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 20 1974 12:00AM