RESEARCH PROBLEM STATEMENTS: DRIVER PERFORMANCE

This report summarizes research needs in the area of driver-vehicle control performance. The research problem statements were generated by Committee A3B02--Vehicle User Characteristics. In total, 54 research suggestions were presented by individual members. Each member then provided a ranking of the 10 most important research ideas. Table 1 presents a listing of the 20 research problem statements that received the highest rankings. Of the 20 research ideas, six are concerned with perception and information processing. Several of these six research ideas emphasize the problems of identifying information cues both for normal driving and in emergency situations. Four of the research ideas are concerned with the development and validation of research methodologies. Monitoring of driver alertness and performance is addressed in four studies. Driving performance of special populations, such as impaired and elderly drivers, is the subject of three research ideas. The effect of road design parameters on driver behavior is the subject of two other research ideas. Finally, one of the 20 addresses the effect of some vehicle design parameters on driver information processing. (Author)

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• Publication Date: 1983-9

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• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Circular
  • Issue Number: 266
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0097-8515

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Behavior; Driver information systems; Driver performance; Drivers; Future; Highway design; Human factors; Impaired drivers; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Personnel performance; Research; Specifications; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Future research; Requirement
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

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• Accession Number: 00378499
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-036 024
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Dec 30 1984 12:00AM