PROCEEDINGS OF THE 7TH CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ROAD RESEARCH BOARD, ADELAIDE, 1974, VOLUME 7, PART 5: ROAD SAFETY, VISIBILITY, AND DRIVER/VEHICLE STUDIES, SESSION S10: DRIVER/CAR CHARACTERISTICS

The following papers were presented at Session S10: Driver Behaviour on Curves - A Review, McLean, JR; Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of a Road Friction change on the Trajectory of an Automobile, Sweatmen, PF; Vehicle Stability Related to Frequency of Overturning for Different Models of Car, Jones, IS; Vehicle Streering and Driver Stress in a Simulated Passing Manoeuvre, Sweatmen, PF and Joubert, PN; Car Characteristics: Their Contribution to Accident Risk, Jones, IS. /TRRL/ /TRRL/

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• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 128-221
• Serial:
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Automobiles by type; Behavior; Crash rates; Crashes; Curvature; Design; Design speed; Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Females; Friction; Geometric curves; Gravity; Handling characteristics; Heart; Highway curves; Highway safety; Human beings; Motor reactions; Opposing traffic; Overturning; Passing; Simulation; Speed; Stability (Mechanics); Steering; Stress (Psychology); Stresses; Surfacing; Visibility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Centre; Vehicle make
• Geographic Terms: Australia; United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 8006: Australia; 9001: Behaviour; 2872: Bend (road); 6401: Centre; 2870: Degree of curvature; 9011: Design (overall design); 635: Design speed; 1772: Driver; 5452: Friction; 5419: Gravity; 2037: Heart; 1787: Man; 615: Meeting traffic; 1637: Overturning (veh); 2247: Reaction (human); 9103: Simulation; 5408: Speed; 1834: Steering (process); 2234: Stress (psychol); 2972: Surfacing; 8119: United Kingdom; 1646: Vehicle handling; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139017
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM