VISUAL SCAN PATTERNS OF NOVICE AND EXPERIENCED DRIVERS

USING A NEWLY DEVELOPED TELEVISION SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS' EYE MOVEMENTS, SIX NOVICE DRIVERS WERE TESTED AT THREE TRAINING LEVELS, I.E., WITH ZERO EXPERIENCE, FOUR HOURS EXPERIENCE, AND EIGHT HOURS EXPERIENCE. A CONTROL GROUP, CONSISTING OF FOUR EXPERIENCED DRIVERS, WAS TESTED TWICE AT INTERVALS OF ONE WEEK, ALL SUBJECTS DROVE A 1970 CHRYSLER ON A NEIGHBORHOOD ROUTE WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS 25 MPH. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE VISUAL SEARCH ACTIVITY OF THE NOVICE DRIVERS DECREASED AS THEY GAINED DRIVING EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITION, THE NOVICE DRIVERS' MEAN HORIZONTAL LOOKING LOCATION WAS FARTHER TO THE RIGHT THAN THE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS, AND THEY SAMPLED THEIR MIRROR QUITE INFREQUENTLY. IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE VISUAL SCAN PATTERNS OF THE NOVICE DRIVERS MIGHT BE DUE TO THEIR HIGH DEGREE OF CONCENTRATION ON CONTROLLING THE AUTOMOBILE IN THE LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL MODES. /SRIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 17 Pp, Figs, TABS, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Department of Industrial Engineering
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210
• Authors:
  • Mourant, R R
  • Rockwell, T H
• Publication Date: 1971-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Behavior; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; Eye movements; Knowledge; Personnel performance; Scanners; Television; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experience
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Scanning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221597
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM