THE USE OF NON-PROGRAMMED SIMULATORS IN DRIVING RESEARCH

THE DRIVING RESEARCH LABORATORY RECENTLY OPENED IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, IS A CONTRACT FUNCTION OF THE INJURY CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL HEALTH, U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. THIS LABORATORY IS TESTING DRIVER RESPONSES AND REACTIONS TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS IN TWO SOPHISTICATED ELECTRONIC SIMULATORS AND IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME MEDICAL INGREDIENTS LIKE ALCOHOL, DRUGS, STRESS, OR FATIGUE--ALL WITHOUT RISK TO THE SUBJECT OR OTHER ROADWAY USERS. THE DRIVING RESEARCH LABORATORY IS A FACILITY FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF THE HUMAN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAUSATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, AND IS LEADING TO IDENTIFICATION OF CHRONIC OR TEMPORARY PHYSICAL AND MENTAL IMPAIRMENTS WHICH MAY AFFECT A DRIVER'S ABILITY TO OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER TODAY'S COMPLEX HIGHWAY SYSTEMS. BOTH PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PHYSICIANS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROGRAM OF TEST SITUATION AND REACTION ANALYSIS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Association for Automotive Medecine

  11th Annual Meeting
  ,   United States 
• Authors:
  • Marland, R E
• Publication Date: 1967-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Crash causes; Drivers; Driving simulators; Drugs; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Human factors; Reaction time; Testing; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222910
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 11 1994 12:00AM