DRIVING SIMULATORS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES /GERMAN/

LITERATURE REVIEW EXAMINES AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS USED TO STUDY DRIVER BEHAVIOR, LEARNING, PERCEPTION, ALERTNESS, FATIGUE, DRUGS, AND ALCOHOL. CONCLUDES THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH DONE WITH SIMULATORS IS INADEQUATE, THAT LITTLE RESEARCH INVOLVING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS HAS BEEN DONE WITH SIMULATORS, THAT SOME RESULTS ARE OF UNKNOWN VALIDITY, THAT MOST SIMULATORS ARE RATHER SIMPLE DEVICES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 31 Pp, 54 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Verkehrspsychologischen Institut

  Kuratorium fuer Verkehrssicherheit
  Wien,   Austria 
• Authors:
  • Hoskovec, J
  • Biehl, B M
• Publication Date: 1968-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Driving simulators; Psychological aspects; Research; Reviews
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220590
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1970 12:00AM