DRIVING PATTERNS FOR DIFFERENT-SIZED VEHICLES

DRIVER PATTERNS WERE EXAMINED FOR THREE DIFFERENT SIZED VEHICLES (SMALL CARS, FAMILY CARS, TRUCKS AND BUSES) THROUGH AN INTERSECTION CONTROLLED BY A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE MORNING, NOON, AND AFTERNOON, WHEN THERE WAS PRECIPITATION AND NO PRECIPITATION. RECORDS WERE ALSO KEPT AS TO WHETHER THE DRIVERS WERE ALONE OR WITH PASSENGERS AND WHETHER THE DRIVERS WERE MALES OR FEMALES. RESULTS WERE FOUND SHOWING THAT FAMILY CAR DRIVERS WERE THE MOST CAUTIOUS AND THAT SMALL CAR, TRUCK AND BUS DRIVERS WERE APPROXIMATELY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER, BEING LESS CAUTIOUS. DRIVERS WITH PASSENGERS WERE MORE CAUTIOUS AND DID NOT VIOLATE THE LAW BY PASSING A RED LIGHT AS FREQUENTLY AS DID DRIVERS WITHOUT PASSENGERS. APPROXIMATELY SIMILAR DRIVING PATTERNS WERE FOUND FOR MALES AND FEMALES. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 14, No 3, PP 363-369
• Authors:
  • James, J E
  • Goldman, M
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Behavior; Bus drivers; Drivers; Gender; Passengers; Size; Truck drivers; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223595
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 19 1971 12:00AM