SIMULATORS - PROGRESS IN TRAFFIC BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH?

SIMULATOREN-EINFORTSCHRITT FUER DIE ERFORSCHURG DES VERKEHRSVERHALTENS?

Problems of vehicle simulation are discussed in an introduction to a magazine specialising in vehicle simulators. The following points are investigated. (1) the advantages the vehicle simulation method offers in terms of research in the field of traffic psychology; (2) the technical possibilities for true representation of the actual driving situation in the test laboratory; (3) the areas in which the limitations of simulation and the defects of the method to be found; (4) evaluation of two different trends in potentially complete simulation and the simulation of contributory aspects of driving situation. /TRRL/

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  Manzsche Verlags- und Universitaetsbuchhandlung

  Kohlmarkt 16
  A-1070 Vienna,   Austria 
• Authors:
  • BIEHL, B
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 3-6
• Serial:
  • Zeitschrift fuer Verkehrsrecht
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: MANZ'SCHE VERLAGS- UND UNIVERSITAETSBUCHHANDLUNG GMBH
  • ISSN: 0044-3662

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Defects; Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Evaluation and assessment; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159761
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Institute of Road Research, Germany
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 27 1977 12:00AM