THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFORMATION PROCESSING AND DRIVING ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION RECORD

SEVENTEEN SUBJECTS MATCHED FOR DRIVING EXPERIENCE WERE DIVIDED INTO FOUR GROUPS ACCORDING TO THEIR ACCIDENT AND TRAFFIC VIOLATION RECORDS. THEY WERE TESTED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO PROCESS INFORMATION. SUBJECTS WHO HAD A HIGH ACCIDENT RECORD PROCESSED INFORMATION AT A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER RATE THAN NONACCIDENT SUBJECTS. SUBJECTS WHO HAD MANY VIOLATIONS, BUT NO ACCIDENTS, WERE THE BEST INFORMATION PROCESSORS. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT INTERACTION BETWEEN ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION RECORD. THESE RESULTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ARE DISCUSSED. /HSL/

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• Authors:
  • FERGENSON, P E
• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 173-6
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Driver performance; Drivers; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Personnel performance; Reaction time
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223828
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 17 1972 12:00AM