AN EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A SHADOWGRAPH SIMULATOR FOR DRIVER TRAINING

A DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF TWO SORTS OF SIMULATORS THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGN FOR DRIVER TRAINING, AND ARE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE IN BRITAIN. AN EXPERIMENT TO ASSESS THE VALUE OF A SHADOWGRAPH SIMULATOR FOR DRIVER TRAINING IS DISCUSSED. TWO GROUPS OF 36 PUPILS WITH NO PREVIOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE, AND MATCHED FOR AGE AND SEX, WERE TAUGHT TO DRIVE UP TO THE STANDARD OF THE BRITISH DRIVING-TEST. THE PUPILS IN ONE OF THE GROUPS RECEIVED THEIR FIRST THREE HOURS INSTRUCTION ON A SHADOWGRAPH SIMULATOR. THE MAIN CRITERION FOR COMPARISON OF THE TWO GROUPS WAS THE AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTION-TIME PUPILS REQUIRED BEFORE PASSING THE BRITISH DRIVING-TEST. THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INSTRUCTION-TIME REQUIRED BY THOSE PUPILS WHO HAD STARTED ON THE SIMULATOR, AND THOSE WHO HAD HAD ALL THEIR LESSONS IN A CAR. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Intl Symp Psy Aspect Dr Behavior /Neth

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• Authors:
  • Henry, J P
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver training; Drivers; Driving simulators; Human characteristics; Photography; Simulation; Training simulators
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Old TRIS Terms: Shadow photography
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221855
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 18 1972 12:00AM