TRANSFER EFFECTIVENESS OF SIMULATION IN A DRIVER EDUCATION PROGRAM

FILM-ONLY AND SIMULATOR INSTRUCTION PRETRAINING PRODUCED EQUIVALENT EFFECTS IN TERMS OF DRIVING PERFORMANCE. SIX HOURS OF PRETRAINING YIELDED SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER DRIVING PERFORMANCE THAN EITHER THREE HOURS OF PRETRAINING OR A CONTROL GROUP RECEIVING NO PRETRAINING. THE EFFECT OF PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE UPON SIMULATOR PERFORMANCE WAS EXAMINED BY COMPARING THE SIMULATOR PERFORMANCE OF LICENSED DRIVERS WITH THAT OF SIMULATOR STUDENTS. LICENSED DRIVERS EXHIBITED SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE TO THE STUDENTS EARLY IN SIMULATION ON STEERING RESPONSE, BUT THE STUDENTS WERE SUPERIOR TO THE LICENSED DRIVERS LATE IN SIMULATION. ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF TYPE OF PRETRAINING ON THE COMPONENTS OF DRIVING PERFORMANCE DURING THE FIRST BEHIND-THE-WHEEL TESTING SESSION REVEALED THE FILM-ONLY GROUPS TO BE SUPERIOR TO THE SIMULATOR GROUPS ON PROCEDURES. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

  Highway Traffic Safety Center, 418 Engineering Hall
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801
• Authors:
  • Baron, M L
  • WILLIGES, R C
• Publication Date: 1971

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 53 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: rr-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control groups; Driver licenses; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; Driving simulators; Film; Personnel performance; Transfer characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222117
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 1973 12:00AM