"IT'S NOT MY FAULT"

The article discusses how the variable requirements of the driving task at unpredictable times may overload the capabilities of the driver. It is described how the driver may become overloaded, and how when demands presented by the driving situation exceed the driver's capabilities, there will be an accident. It is shown also, how the driving process is an integration of the driver, vehicle, and road with other drivers, and a failure in any part of this 'system' could result in an accident. Driver perception and perceptual interference such as sensory impairment is also discussed.

• Corporate Authors:

  US Air Force Inspection and Safety, Center

  Norton AFB, CA  United States  92409
• Publication Date: 1985-12

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 5-7
• Serial:
  • Driver
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: US Air Force Inspection and Safety, Center

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Environmental quality; Highway safety; Impaired drivers; Perception; Personnel performance; Roadside
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver impairment; Driver perception
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495317
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 611
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM