VISUAL SEARCH BY AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS

DATA ARE PRESENTED ON THE VISUAL SEARCH PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS DURING TWO MANEUVERS: (1) ENTERING A HIGHWAY AFTER A STOP; AND (2) CHANGING LANES ON A MULTILANE HIGHWAY. HEAD MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS WERE USED TO INFER PATTERNS AND TIMING OF SEARCH. THE RELATION BETWEEN EYE AND HEAD MOVEMENTS AND SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE DATA ARE DISCUSSED. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Robinson, G H
  • CLARK, R L
  • Erickson, D J
  • Thurston, G L
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.
• Serial:
  • Psychological Aspects of Driver Behaviour
  • Publisher: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Eye; Head; Highways; Human characteristics; Measurement; Motion; Passing; Traffic lanes; Vision; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Lanes
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222496
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper, HS-013 476, HS-013 490
• Contract Numbers: PHS-UI00066
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1983 12:00AM