THE PERCEPTUAL ASPECT OF MAINTAINING COURSE IN A MOVING VEHICLE

A theory of the perceptual processes, which accompany locomotive behavior, should account for the ways an observer abstracts information from the everchanging pattern of visual stimulation. This information mainly has to do with the course and speed for the vehicle and its position in the road. The basic data for such a theory come from laboratory experiments, in which all possible factors can be varied independently, as well as from field experiments, using instrumented cars. The latter experiments not only can serve in the formation of hypotheses, but also necessary in the validation of perceptual theories of the driving task. /Author/SRIS/

• Corporate Authors:

  Int'l Congress on Vision and Road Safety, First

  Int'l Assn for Accident & Traffic Medicine, 119 Karlavagen
  S-115 26 Stockholm,   Sweden 
• Authors:
  • Riemersma, J B
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Field studies; Instrumented vehicles; Laboratory studies; Location; Motor vehicles; Position fixing; Speed; Traffic speed; Visual perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153861
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM