IMPROVING VISUAL RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE TO COLLISION PRODUCING SITUATIONS THROUGH USE OF A TACHISTOSCOPIC PROCESS

IN ORDER TO SHED MORE LIGHT ON SAFE DRIVING AS A VISUALLY CONNECTED RATIONAL PROCESS, AN EXPERIMENT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE IF THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND DEAL WITH PENDING COLLISIONS COULD BE TAUGHT IN A CLASSROOM SITUATION USING PROJECTED THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRAFFIC INTERACTION SCENES. THREE NULL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED: THAT DRIVERS WITH VISUAL TRAINING DO NOT RECOGNIZE PENDING COLLISIONS MORE ACCURATELY; THAT DRIVERS WITH VISUAL TRAINING RECOGNIZE NO GREATER QUANTITY OF COLLISION-PRODUCING SITUATIONS; AND THAT DRIVERS TRAINED WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL SLIDE IMAGES RECOGNIZE PENDING COLLISIONS NO MORE ACCURATELY THAN WHEN TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES ARE USED. THE NULL HYPOTHESES WERE REJECTED IN THE STUDY RESULTS. THE PRESENT EMPHASIS ON MANIPULATIVE SKILLS IN DRIVING SHOULD BE ALTERED TO A MORE VISUALLY CONNECTED DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • FIFTEENTH CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
• Authors:
  • Barenklau, K E
• Conference:
  • American Association for Automotive Medicine, 15th Conference Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 342-350
• Serial:
  • Volume: 15th proc

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Prevention; Safety; Visual perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221828
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 11 1973 12:00AM