THE HUMAN FACTOR IS A MYTH

In every driving situation the human operator acts as a controller who is correcting unsafe conditions. The failure to detect these conditions in time for correction is an information failure, not a human failure. The analysis of errors leads to the conclusion that their cause can be corrected by: (1) better equipment design, (2) provision of external instructions and (3) better training. (TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The First Nordic Congress on Traffic Medicine, The Man, The Cause and The Victim, held June 8-11, 1982, in Linkoeping, Sweden.
• Corporate Authors:

  Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening

  P.O. Box 10043
  S-10055 Stockholm 10,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Heye, P
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 46-47
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening
  • Publisher: Svensk Trafikmedicinsk Foerening

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automotive medicine; Conferences; Decision making; Driver information systems; Driver training; Drivers; Errors; Human factors; Prevention; Safety; Vehicle design
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 8525: Conference; 2248: Decision process; 1772: Driver; 1571: Driver training; 2257: Human factor
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372599
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• ISBN: 91-7372-589-2
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1983 12:00AM