TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: TEACHING ABOUT VISION AND PERCEPTION

Dangerous events occurring in full view may go unnoticed by a driver if they coincide with even very small, apparently innocuous distractions. One of the great challenges for driver educators is to demonstrate to drivers, both novice and experienced, that vision is not a simple matter. Eyes need to be trained, and driving tactics have to reflect the fact that the driver is working with only part of the available information at any time. The idea that distractions can block visual acceptance has many implications other than the obvious one of missing changing traffic lights or other risk elements in a traffic environment. Attention-grabbing luminance changes associated with heads-up display features, onboard computers, or navigation systems could cause serious problems for drivers.

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  PDE Publications

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• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 6-7
• Serial:
  • Driver/Education
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: PDE Publications
  • ISSN: 1183-7314

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Distraction; Driver education; Perception; Vision; Visual perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00764995
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 13 1999 12:00AM