A SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF DRIVER STEERING BEHAVIOUR

A sequence of driving tasks has been carried out in a driving simulator. The initial tests represented lane tracking along a serpentine roadway and were employed to verify the operation of the simulator and the ability of a computer algorithm to fit linear driver models to experimental data. A second series of tests involved an obstacle avoidance manoeuvre in both a car and a truck. These latter simulator runs were augmented by field trials in an automobile during which driver eye point-of-regard data were recorded. Eye point-of-regard results from both simulator and field trials were compared and employed in formulating a simple driver model for the obstacle avoidance manoeuvre. The results from a preliminary fitting of this model to the experimental data are reported. It was found that a single linear model of the driver's dynamic characteristics can be used to represent adequately all of the driver response data measured in the present study.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at International Conference on Road Safety, University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology, UWIST, Cardiff, UK, 7-11 September 1981.
• Corporate Authors:

  Taylor & Francis

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  Abingdon,   United Kingdom  OX14 4RN
• Authors:
  • Reid, L D
  • Solowka, E N
  • Billing, A M
• Publication Date: 1981-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 447-462
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Drivers; Driving simulators; Dynamic loads; Field tests; Line of sight; Mathematical models; Reaction time; Safety; Steering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident avoidance; Driver reaction; Dynamic response
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349877
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-032 359
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1982 12:00AM