FIT TO DRIVE? RESEARCH INTO DRIVER BEHAVIOUR

THE ROAD RESEARCH LABORATORY IS STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DRIVING AND TEMPERAMENT AND HAS IDENTIFIED THREE CATEGORIES OF NON-SAFE DRIVERS. INJUDICIOUS DRIVERS HAVE A HIGH RATE OF UNUSUAL MANEUVERS AND NEAR ACCIDENTS. DISSOCIATED ACTIVE DRIVERS ARE UNPREDICTABLE AND IMPATIENT; THEY ALSO HAVE A HIGH INCIDENCE OF NEAR ACCIDENTS. DISSOCIATED PASSIVE DRIVERS ARE PATIENT AND STOLID BUT DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH APPRECIATION OF TRAFFIC SITUATIONS. /HSL/

• Authors:
  • BLADON, S
• Publication Date: 1971-9-30

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26-7
• Serial:
  • Autocar /UK/
  • Volume: 135
  • Issue Number: 3940

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; High risk drivers; Human characteristics; Problem drivers; Psychological aspects
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223915
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 17 1973 12:00AM