A SIMPLE METHOD FOR SIMULATING DANGER-RELATED ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR IN HAZARDOUS ACTIVITIES

An attempt to simulate the closed-loop nature of many kinds of hazardous activities, e.g. Driving, was made by means of a dart-throwing game in which the score progressively increased towards the right-hand portion of the target. Just to the right of the area yielding the highest score there was a "near-accident" area and, still more to the right, an "accident" area. The former yielded no score and was assumed to warn the thrower; a hit in the latter was followed by a punishment session, an extra session to be performed immediately after the session in which the accident occurred. The subject knew in advance that upon reaching a prescribed total score the session would be over. The main result was that the hits had a tendency to move to the right, to the area with higher scores and smaller margins of safety, and that this shift was, every now and then, reset by a hit in the "near-accident" area. These changes apparently reflect corresponding phenomena in the thrower's decision-making, and similar changes presumably take place in decision-making in many kinds of hazardous situations. (A) /TRRL/

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• Authors:
  • Naeaetaenen, R
  • SUMMALA, H
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 63-70
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash causes; Crashes; Decision making; Drivers; Driving; Hazards; Motivation; Near midair crashes; Risk assessment; Risk taking; Simulation; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Group analysis (Testing)
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 9001: Behaviour; 2248: Decision process; 1855: Driving (veh); 6219: Group analysis (test); 2295: Motivation; 1642: Near miss; 9150: Risk; 2259: Risk taking; 9103: Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127986
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 7 1976 12:00AM