AN EXPERIMENT IN THE USE OF A DRIVING SIMULATOR AS A LICENSE TESTING DEVICE. PUBLIC REACTION TO SIMULATOR TESTING. PROGRESS REPORT

A DRIVING SIMULATOR WAS EVALUATED AS A LICENSE TESTING DEVICE BY VOLUNTEER DRIVER LICENSE APPLICANTS. THE TEST GROUP OF 595 INCLUDED BOTH LICENSE APPLICANTS AND THEIR ACCOMPANYING LICENSED DRIVERS. FOLLOWING THE SIMULATOR TEST, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PRESENTED TO ALL SUBJECTS. EQUIPMENT FAILURE PREVENTED COMPLETION OF THE EVALUATION OF THE SIMULATOR AS A TESTING DEVICE. ANALYSIS OF QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS INDICATED THAT 54% OF THE SUBJECTS FELT THE SIMULATOR TEST WAS A GOOD WAY OF DETERMINING DRIVING ABILITY. WHEN ASKED IF THEY WOULD PREFER TO TAKE THEIR ENTIRE DRIVING TEST ON A SIMULATOR, 92.3% OF THE TEST GROUP ANSWERED IN THE NEGATIVE. QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS INDICATE THAT THERE SHOULD BE LITTLE DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF SIMULATOR TESTING IF IT IS USED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO OTHER TESTING METHODS. FURTHER EVALUATION OF THE SIMULATOR AS A TESTING DEVICE IS INTENDED. MALES AND EXPERIENCED DRIVERS REACTED MORE FAVORABLY TO THE TEST THAN FEMALES AND INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Authors:
  • O'Brien, J F
  • Kuziomko, L
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Driving simulators; Driving tests; Reaction time; Testing equipment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221773
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-010 914
• Files: HSL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 19 1972 12:00AM