MAXIMUM DRIVING PERFORMANCE - CAN IT BE PREDICTED

AN APPROACH IS MADE TO THE PROBLEM OF INTER-SUBJECT VARIABILITY IN MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE ACHIEVED IN SEVERAL DRIVING TASKS, AND ITS RELATIONS TO SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY IN THE AUTOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM. SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY WAS MEASURED IN THE LABORATORY WHILE THE SUBJECTS WERE RESTING. AFTER APPROPRIATE DATA ANALYSIS, EACH SUBJECT WAS ASSIGNED A NUMBER CALLED THE AUTOMATIC STABILITY RANK WHICH REPRESENTED THE COMBINED SPONTANEOUS ACTIVITY IN HEART RATE AND SKIN RESISTANCE. THE SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED AFTERWARDS IN A DRIVING EXPERIMENT CONSISTING OF OPEN ROAD VELOCITY PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, STEADY-STATE CAR-FOLLOWING AND TRANSIENT CAR-FOLLOWING TASKS. IT WAS SHOWN THAT PERFORMANCE IN SEVERAL DRIVING TASKS APPEARED TO BE RELATED TO THE LEVEL OF SPONTANEOUS AUTOMATIC ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN THE SUBJECTS AT REST. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Krenek, R F
  • Rockwell, T H
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

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

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Biological activity; Car following; Driving; Forecasting; Human factors; Laboratory tests; Performance tests; Physiological aspects
• Old TRIS Terms: Biologic activity
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224717
• 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