A MODEL FOR THE ROLE OF MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS IN DRIVERS' DECISION-MAKING

A new model for the motivational factors in decision-making processes undergone by drivers is introduced. It emphasizes the competition between the driver's desire to perform a certain act--induced by (excitatory) motives--in a certain traffic situation and the subjective risk associated with this desire. The import of this model to traffic-safety work lies in its emphasis on what the driver actually does in any given traffic situation rather than on his driving skill and/or the traffic conditions as such.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Naatanen, R
  • SUMMALA, H
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 243-261
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 3/4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Decision making; Drivers; Mathematical models; Motivation; Reaction time; Studies; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00096929
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-016 313
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 15 1975 12:00AM