ON DRIVING ABILITY AND RELATED FACTORS

THE VEHICULAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM (VTS) AND THE PROBLEM THAT IT IS PRESENTING TO THE SOCIETY ARE DESCRIBED. IN ADDITION TO BREIF LITERATURE SURVEY REGARDING EFFECTS OF FATIGUE, INTOXICANTS AND CLIMATIC FACTORS UPON DRIVING PERFORMANCE, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS CONNECTED WITH LIVE STUDIES AND THE SIMULATOR STUDIES ARE DISCUSSED. A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SIMULATOR BUILT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR IS GIVEN AND SOME DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED EXPERIMENTS TO BE CONDUCTED ARE DESCRIBED. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Raouf, A
  • Sharma, S C
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 16 p.
• Serial:
  • Psychological Aspects of Driver Behaviour
  • Publisher: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Climate; Driving; Driving simulators; Drunk driving; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Reviews; Social factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driving conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222498
• 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: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1974 12:00AM