MENTAL ORGANIZATION OF ROAD SITUATIONS: THEORY OF COGNITIVE CATEGORIZATION AND METHODOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES --TRAFFIC SAFETY THEORY AND RESEARCH METHODS. APRIL 26-28, 1988, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. SESSION III: THEORETICAL ANALYSIS AND MODELS

Research on traffic safety commonly refers to a general model in which highway driving is conceived as an elementary three dimensional system; the driver, the vehicle and the environment. Such an analysis of traffic safety stresses the interactions between these components and especially the causal effect of the environment and the driver's behaviour, any local analysis being fully understandable only if reinserted, at a final step of the procedure, within the whole system. This approach leads to several methodological consequences, two of which are presented. For the abstract of the conference, session III, see IRRD 813211.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Mazet, C
  • DUBOIS, D
• Publication Date: 1988

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Classification; Comprehension; Conferences; Drivers; Driving; Methodology; Motor skills; Psychology; Risk taking; Safety; Theory; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Modifications
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00481795
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1989 12:00AM