STATIC AND DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS

THIS REPORT CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1) MEAN, STANDARD DEVIATIONS AND PERCENTILES FOR 22 STATIC BODY MEASUREMENTS RELATED TO THE NORMAL DRIVING POSITION ON 1.033 ADULT SUBJECTS, MALE AND FEMALE; 2) SIMILAR DATA FOR 203 PREGNANT FEMALES; 3) REVIEW OF SUB-ADULT ANTHROPOMETRY INCLUDING THE TABULAR PRESENTATION OF FOUR BASIC MEASUREMENTS, AND AN EXTENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY; 4) MEASUREMENTS ON 100 DRIVERS OF FUNCTIONAL ARM REACH TO 117 DIFFERENT POINTS WITHIN THE DRIVER'S WORK SPACE; 5) INVESTIGATION INTO THE MEANS OF PRESENTING FUNCTIONAL REACH DATA FROM DIFFERING BASIC REFERENCE POINTS WITHIN THE DRIVER'S WORKSPACE; AND 6) ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN STATIC AND FUNCTIONAL ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA, AND OF THE METHODS OF PREDICTING THE LATTER FROM THE FORMER, INCLUDING SPECIFIC DATA. IN ADDITION EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND MATERIAL WAS PRESENTED ON THE WAYS IN WHICH THE ABOVE TASKS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED, INCLUDING DESIGN AND USE OF EQUIPMENT, MEASURING TECHNIQUES, SELECTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF SUBJECTS, METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS, ETC. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Harvard University

  Guggenheim Center for Aerospace Health and Safety
  Boston, MA  United States  02115
• Authors:
  • STOUDT, H W
• Publication Date: 1970

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 237 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Anthropometry; Drivers; Dynamic tests; Gender; Measuring instruments; Pregnant women; Reviews; Static tests; Young adults
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224712
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&d Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM