VISUAL INFORMATION SEEKING OF NOVICE DRIVERS

ALTHOUGH NOVICE DRIVERS LEARN TO CONTROL AUTOMOBILES WITH A FEW HOURS OF PRACTICE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR VISUAL INFORMATION SEEKING HABITS TAKES MANY MONTHS. FILMS OF NOVICE DRIVER EYE MOVEMENTS SUGGESTED THAT THERE ARE STAGES OF VISUAL LEARNING. TECHNIQUES NEED TO BE DEVELOPED TO TEACH DRIVERS WHERE TO LOOK BEFORE THEY ACTUALLY START DRIVING. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • pp 704-711, 9 FIG, 3 TAB, 13 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Auto Sfty Conf Compendium

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• Authors:
  • Mourant, R R
  • Rockwell, T H
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Drivers; Eye; Film; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Motion; Vision; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver vision; Vision characteristics
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221048
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM