DRIVER EDUCATION FOR STRESS CONDITIONS

A set of driver performance training activities has been developed to prepare drivers to handle a vehicle under such stress conditions as tire failure, skid situations, off-road recovery when one or more wheels drop off pavement, and to properly steer vehicle, to evade sudden impending dangers, and to brake the vehicle without losing control. As this paper points out, when these activities are learned and practiced, improvements occure in a driver's ability to operate a vehicle and to respond to stress conditions with a high degree of success. In addition, reductions in accidents and property damage have also taken place. /Author/

• Record URL:
  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1978/672/672-011.pdf
• Summary URL:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in TRB Record No. 672, Accident Analysis, Ride Quality, Driver Education, and Behavior Research. Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Driver Education. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Ulrich, Robert A
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 63-68
• Monograph Title: Accident analysis, ride quality, driver education, and behaviour research
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 672
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Driver improvement programs; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; Emergencies; Personnel performance; Steering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver improvement
• Old TRIS Terms: Steering control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00194277
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jun 13 1979 12:00AM