What Attracts Attention During Police Pursuit Driving?

Little is known of the visual skills required for tasks needing efficient deployment of attention (such a driving). This article reports on a study that recorded the eye movements of police drivers and two control groups (novices and age- and experience-matched controls) while watching a series of video clips of driving. The clips included pursuits, emergency response drives, and control drives (at normal speeds) around Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom. The authors stress that chasing a lead vehicle is an extremely demanding and dangerous task. Results of the analysis of gaze durations within certain categories of stimuli showed that daytime pursuit drives correspond with an increase in gaze durations on a lead car. Police drivers also direct their attention to other potential hazards, such as pedestrians, more so than other drivers.

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• Authors:
  • Crundall, David
  • Chapman, Peter
  • France, Emma
  • Underwood, Geoffrey
  • Phelps, Nicola
• Publication Date: 2005-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 409-420
• Serial:
  • Applied Cognitive Psychology
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0888-4080
  • EISSN: 1099-0720
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0720

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Eye fixations; Eye movements; Police pursuit driving; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Gaze duration; Visual skills
• Geographic Terms: Nottingham (England)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01003041
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 23 2005 11:26AM