IS DROWSINESS OCCURRING DURING DRIVING IN A SIMILAR MANNER IN PROFESSIONAL AND NON-PROFESSIONAL YOUNG DRIVERS?

This paper describes a study to test the hypothesis that professional drivers have a stronger resistance to the progressive occurrence of low vigilance state during driving than non-professional drivers. A group of professional drivers and one of non-professional drivers were requested to carry out a driving task in a simulator. The professional drivers were asked to drive for six hours, the non-professionals for two. Recordings included videos, performance assessment and physiological data including EEG (electroencephalograph) readings, from which power spectrum analysis was performed on the theta, alpha and beta frequencies. The results of the study showed that increased drowsiness with time in driving can be found in young non-professional as well as in professional drivers, but non-professional male drivers seemed to exhibit a larger increase in the first two hours of the test. For the covering abstract see ITRD E113725.

• Corporate Authors:

  Swiss Council For Accident Prevention BFU

  P.O. Box 8236
  Berne,   Switzerland  CH-3001
• Authors:
  • Muzet, A
  • Pebayle, T
  • MOESSINGER, M
  • Roge, J
• Conference:
  • INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT PSYCHOLOGY - ICTTP 2000, HELD 4-7 SEPTEMBER 2000, BERNE, SWITZERLAND - KEYNOTES, SYMPOSIA, THEMATIC SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS, POSTERS, LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND WORD VIEWER - CD ROM
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Drivers; Driving simulators; Electroencephalography; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Frequency (Electromagnetism); Mathematical analysis; Tests
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 2151: Electroencephalography; 2222: Fatigue (human); 6997: Frequency; 1680: Simulator (driving); 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00928755
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 2002 12:00AM