EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON SKILLS RELATED TO DRIVING

THE PRESENT STUDY UNDERTAKES TO TEST THE POSSIBILITY THAT A DECREMENT IN TRAFFIC SITUATION JUDGMENT EXISTS FOR CERTAIN MOTORISTS AFTER A FULL DAY OF WORK, BEFORE THE EVENING MEAL IS TAKEN. THIS STUDY IS MOVING FORWARD IN TWO DIMENSIONS OVER PREVIOUS RESEARCH: FIRST IN ATTEMPTING TO MEASURE TRAFFIC JUDGMENTS AND SECOND IN DEALING WITH WHAT CAN BE CALLED A "NORMAL" AMOUNT OF FATIGUE OR DROWSINESS. VOLUNTEER SUBJECTS WERE TESTED IN THE UCLA DRIVING SIMULATION LABORATORY. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 44 Pp, Apps
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Berkeley

  Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering
  Berkeley, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Case, H W
  • Hulbert, S
  • Mellinger, R L
• Publication Date: 1970-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Impacts; Judgment (Human characteristics); Measurement; Motor skills; Personnel performance; Time; Traffic
• Old TRIS Terms: Time factor
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223361
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM