AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF DRIVING SKILL

A POINT LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING SIMULATOR WAS USED IN AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SKILL OF NOVICE AND EXPERIENCED DRIVERS. THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE GROUPS OF DRIVERS WAS COMPARED: AN EXPERIENCED GROUP OF 11 PERSONS, A NOVICE GROUP OF 11 SUBJECTS WHO HAD MORE THAN 10 HOURS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE, AND A NOVICE GROUP OF 12 SUBJECTS WITH LESS THAN 10 HOURS OF DRIVING EXPERIENCE. THE NOVICE DRIVERS APPEARED TO CONCENTRATE ON STEERING CONTROL, WHILE MAINTAINING A CONSTANT SLOW VEHICULAR SPEED. THE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS INTEGRATED THE STEERING AND SPEED CONTROL ASPECTS OF THE TASK AND THEY DROVE FASTER THAN THE NOVICES. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES MANY OTHER SKILL CHARACTERISTICS OF HIS GROUPS. /BPR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Hpr, 641(68)
• Corporate Authors:

  University of South Dakota, Vermillion

  Vermillion, SD  United States  57069

  South Dakota Department of Transportation

  700 East Broadway Avenue
  Pierre, SD  United States  57501

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ellingstad, V S
  • Hazen, R E
  • Kimball, K A
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Knowledge; Motor skills; Personnel performance; Property acquisition; Speed control; Steering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Acquisition; Experience
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222588
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 16 1970 12:00AM