APPLICATION OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND VEHICLE PERFORMANCE STUDIES

DESIGNS FOR THE FUTURE MUST BE BASED ON DRIVING PRACTICE. AT PRESENT, IT IS FOUND, VEHICLES GENERALLY FALL FAR SHORT OF THEIR POTENTIAL OR DESIRABLE PERFORMANCE WHEN IN THE HANDS OF AVERAGE DRIVERS. NUMEROUS INDICATIONS NOW POINT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN FUTURE HIGHWAY POLICIES. EFFECTIVE USE OF HIGHWAYS DEMANDS COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY, POLICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICIALS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  • https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrbproceedings/21/21-037.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 21, pp 408-414. 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:
  • Holmes, E H
  • Thompson, J T
• Publication Date: 1942

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board Held at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, December 2-5, 1941
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 21
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223491
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Aug 29 1971 12:00AM