JUDGEMENT OF VEHICLE SPEEDS AND TRAFFIC PATERNS-PHASE IV

DRIVERS' SPEED ESTIMATIONS TAKEN IN THE UCLA DRIVING SIMULATION LABORATORY INDICATED LARGE UNDER-ACCELERATIONS (OVERESTIMATIONS) FROM ENGINE SPEED ALONE AND NO CORRELATION BETWEEN THESE AND OTHER ESTIMATIONS; MEDIUM ACCURACY AND CORRELATION WITH OTHER ESTIMATIONS FROM VISUAL CUES ALONE; A HIGH LEVEL OF ACCURACY IN INSTRUCTED SPECIFIC SPEEDS AND "FREE" DRIVING ESTIMATIONS WHEN DRIVING NORMALLY; A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN SPECIFIC AND "FREE" SPEED ESTIMATIONS; AND LITTLE ACCURACY OR CORRELATION FOR PROPORTIONAL ESTIMATIONS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

  ,    

  California Division of Highways

  Bridge Department
  Sacramento, CA  United States  05914

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Case, H W
  • HULBERT, S F
  • Beers, J
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Judgment (Human characteristics); Speed; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222609
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Study No B-2-8
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 15 1972 12:00AM