AUTOMOBILE CONTROLLABILITY. DRIVER/VEHICLE RESPONSE FOR STEERING CONTROL. VOLUME I. SUMMARY REPORT

The report describes an applied research program aimed at identifying those characteristics of the driver/vehicle system which influence the driver's ability to maintain control over vehicle path in a variety of steering tasks. Program objectives include comprehensive measurements of driver and vehicle responses and the quantification of optimum driver/vehicle system characteristics as functions of simplified vehicle dynamic properties and task durations. To accomplish this, fixed-base simulation, and road tests were used for compensatory steering tasks, while road test results were emphasized in discrete and transient maneuvers.

• Corporate Authors:

  Systems Technology, Incorporated

  13766 South Hawthorne Boulevard
  Hawthorne, CA  United States  90250

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • McRuer, D T
  • Klein, R H
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 269 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Control; Drivers; Dynamic loads; Gusts; Human characteristics; Human factors; Human factors engineering; Maneuverability; Motor vehicles; Reaction time; Simulation; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Testing; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle dynamics
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Driver reaction; Dynamic response; Vehicle path
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090489
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: STI-TR-1040-1-I Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-HS-359-3-762
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 29 1975 12:00AM