STUDYING THE ROAD USER

THE WORK OF THE ROAD USER CHARACTERISTICS SECTION OF THE RRL, CROWTHORNE IS DISCUSSED. THE RESEARCH IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS; OBSERVATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF DIFFERENT DRIVING PATTERNS, EXPLANATION OF THESE DIFFERENT PATTERNS, EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF CHANGES IN ENVIRONMENT ON DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND EXPERIMENTAL ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR. MENTION IS MADE OF AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN SAFETY EDUCATION, AND DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF EXPERIMENTS ON DRIVER TRAINING USING SIMULATORS. /RRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 83-99,3 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Salford

  Proceedings of a Symposium On Road Safety
  ,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Henry, J P
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Environmental impacts; Pedestrians; Safety education; Schools; Travelers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Patterns
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway user characteristics
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Environment; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222820
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM