HUMAN FACTORS CONSIDERATIONS FOR A COMBINED BRAKE- ACCELERATOR PEDAL

THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF NINE EXPERIMENTS OVER A THREE- YEAR PERIOD ARE REPORTED. EXPERIMENTS ONE THROUGH SIX, PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED, INDICATED THAT A PEDAL WHICH ACTUATED AN ACCELERATOR UPON DEPRESSION OF THE TOE AND ACTUATED THE BRAKE UPON DEPRESSION OF THE HEEL SAVED 0.2 SEC (ONE CAR LENGTH AT 60 MPH) OVER THE CONVENTIONAL SEPARATE CONTROLS. EXPERIMENT SEVEN INVESTIGATED THE EFFECT ON REACTION TIME OF: THE ANGLE THE PEDAL MADE WITH THE FLOOR; THE FORCE REQUIRED TO ACTUATE THE BRAKE CXONTROL; THE FORCE REQUIRED TO ACTUATE THE ACCELERATOR CONTROL; AND THE SEAT REFERENCE DISTANCE. EXPERIMENT EIGHT INVESTIGATED THE EFFECT ON REACTION TIME OF: THE ANGLE THE PEDAL MADE WITH THE FLOOR; SEAT HEIGHT FROM THE FLOOR; THE ANGLE OF TWIST OF THE PEDAL; AND SEAT REFERENCE DISTANCE. EXPERIMENT NINE INVESTIGATED, FOR OLDER SUBJECTS, THE EFFECT ON REACTION TIME OF: PEDAL ANGLE; SEAT REFERENCE DISTANCE; AND THE ANGLE OF TWIST OF THE PEDAL. STATISTICS ON THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS ARE GIVEN. /SRIS/

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• Authors:
  • Konz, S
  • Wadhera, N
  • Sathaye, S
  • Chawla, S
• Publication Date: 1971-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 279-92
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 14 N
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accelerators (Devices); Brake pedals; Brakes; Drivers; Force; Human factors; Pedals; Reaction time; Seats
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Old TRIS Terms: Accelerators
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224538
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM