DISTORTION OF DRIVERS ESTIMATES OF AUTOMOBILE SPEED AS A FUNCTION OF SPEED ADAPTION

TEN MALE UNDERGRADUATE DRIVERS MADE FOUR ESTIMATES OF 40 MPH SPEED AFTER VARYING AMOUNTS OF EXPOSURE TO AN ADAPTING SPEED OF 70 MPH. THE INFLUENCE OF THESE AMOUNTS OF EXPOSURE TO THE ADAPTING SPEED ON SPEED JUDGMENTS WAS STUDIED, AND A SIGNIFICANT UPWARD DISTORTION OF ESTIMATIONS OF 40 MPH WAS FOUND TO OCCUR AS A FUNCTION OF EXPOSURE TO THE ADAPTING SPEED. THE IMPLICATIONS OF RESULTS FOR ACCIDENT RATES AND HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ARE DISCUSSED. /AUTHOR/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 53, No 6, PP 536-539
• Corporate Authors:

  American Psychological Association

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• Authors:
  • SCHMIDT, F
  • Tiffin, J
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Applied Psychology
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association
  • ISSN: 0021-9010

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Crash rates; Drivers; Estimates; Road construction; Traffic speed
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223261
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 17 1970 12:00AM