HEADMOVEMENTS OF DRIVERS: EQUIPMENT AND EXPLORATORY STUDY

This report is the first in a series dealing with head movements as an indicator of attention distributions of drivers in traffic situations. In order to study head movements in driving a special car mounted equipment was constructed. The apparatus registers drivers head movements in three dimensions using three potentiometers as sensing unit. In a pilot study it was found that in urban road crossings the sum of maximum horizontal head movements to the left and to the right (head angle) seems to be a consistent and reliable measure of head movement activity. Head angle seems to differentiate well between crossings and to correlate negatively with vehicle speed. Suggestions for continued studies are made. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Uppsala University, Sweden

  Department of Psychology, Tradgardsgaten 20
  75220 Uppsala,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • ABERG, L
  • Rumar, K
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention value; Drivers; Equipment; Head; Intersections; Motion; Motor vehicles; Pilot studies; Potentiometers; Sensors; Speed; Traffic; Traffic speed; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Pilot study
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139233
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report 18
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1976 12:00AM