PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS AS RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE

STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS AS A SOURCE OF DESIGN CRITERIA FOR THE HIGHWAY VISUAL COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT. SOURCE MATERIAL WAS REVIEWED, AND A MODEL FOR RELATING PHYSIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE, DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND HIGHWAY DESIGN FEATURES WAS INTRODUCED AND EVALUATED ON THE BASIS OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE MODEL, BECAUSE OF ITS MEASURABLE PARAMETERS, COULD BE USED IN EVALUATIONS OF THE GENERAL ROADWAY ENVIRONMENT. IT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR EVALUATION OF A SPECIFIC DESIGN FEATURE. SPECIFIC DESIGN FEATURES TO WHICH THE MODEL COULD BE SENSITIVE WOULD NOT LIKELY EXIST IN THE ROADWAY ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF THE HIGHWAY DESIGN ENGINEER. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES CONSIDERED APPLICABLE TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT WERE IDENTIFIED, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY MIGHT BE USED WAS BRIEFLY PRESENTED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Bureau of Public Roads /US

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Ellis, N C
  • Mcglamery, D
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Communication systems; Diagnosis; Diagnostic tests; Drivers; Highway design; Information dissemination; Mathematical models; Physiological aspects; Psychological aspects; Vision
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222591
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bureau of Public Roads /US
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 6 1970 12:00AM