PERCEPTION MODEL FOR DESCRIBING AND DEALING WITH DRIVER INVOLVEMENT IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

A MODEL THAT RELATES DRIVER PERCEPTION AND ACTION TO HAZARDS ON THE ROAD IS PRESENTED. FACTORS AFFECTING PERCEPTUAL ERROR ARE DISCUSSED. ENVIRONMENTAL AND VEHICULAR MODIFICATIONS, VISUAL ACUITY AND PERCEPTUAL TRAINING ARE DISCUSSED AS COUNTERMEASURES TO DECREASE PERCEPTUAL ERROR.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by Committee on Road User Characteristics and presented at the 50th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Vanstrum, R C
  • Caples, G B
• Conference:
  • 50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1971-1-18 to 1971-1-22
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 17-24
• Monograph Title: Improvement of Transportation Safety
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 365
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Drivers; Mathematical models; Perception; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Safety factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Operator performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221536
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030901980X
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-011 999
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 23 1972 12:00AM