Driving Safety

The focus of this chapter is driving safety and how it is influenced by driver behavior. The author begins with an exploration of demographic trends and technology trends related to driver safety. He examines crash types, crash causes, the driving process, drivers' perceptual and cognitive characteristics, driver types and common driving impairments. The chapter further explores driving as a multiobjective, multilevel control task.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1518/155723405783703037
• Record URL:
  • http://rev.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/1/172
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/1557234X
• Authors:
  • Lee, John D
• Publication Date: 2005-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 172-218
• Serial:
  • Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
  • ISSN: 1557-234X
  • EISSN: 2163-3134
  • Serial URL: http://rev.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash causes; Crash characteristics; Demographics; Driver performance; Drivers; Highway safety; Human factors in crashes; Technology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01601210
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 2016 5:01PM