DRIVER PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT RESEARCH VOLUME 2 GUIDE FOR TRAINING OBSERVER/RATERS IN THE DRIVER PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROCEDURE. FINAL REPORT.

THE FINAL REPORT, VOLUME 1, COVERS RESEARCH RESULTS OF THE MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY DRIVER PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROJECT. THIS VOLUME(FINAL REPORT,VOLUME 2) CONSTITUTES A GUIDE FOR TRAINING OBSERVER/RATERS IN THE DRIVER PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES DEVELOPED IN THIS RESEARCH BY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. THE GUIDE INCLUDES A TRAINING COURSE PLAN AND CONTENT MATERIALS USED AND EVALUATED IN TRAINING DRIVER EDUCATION PRACTITIONERS TO OBSERVE AND RATE THE ADEQUACY AND SAFETY OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR PATTERNS IN SELECTED BEHAVIORAL-ENVIRONMENTAL-TRAFFIC- SITUATIONAL-SEQUENCES (BETSS) AND THEIR SUB-DIVISIONS (SUBBETSS). THE TRAINING PROVIDES FOR ORIENTATION, FIELD OBSERVATIONS AND PRACTICE IN MAKING OBSERVATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL RATINGS OF SUBJECT DRIVERS. THE INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS GIVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, ON THE NEED FOR TRAINING AND ON THE TYPES OF PERSONS WHO SHOULD BE TRAINED. THE COURSE PLAN AND CONTENT MATERIALS INCLUDE EXAMPLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF BETSS ACTUALLY USED IN DEVELOPING THE METHOD AND WHICH MAY BE USED AS A BASIS FOR ESTABLISHING EQUIVALENT BETSS IN OTHER LOCATIONS.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract FH-11-7627 DOT/HS 800 882
• Corporate Authors:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824
• Authors:
  • Nolan, R O
  • Van, OSDALL FE
  • Smith, D L
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 219 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Driver performance; Driver training; Drivers; Education; Measurement; Performance tests; Personnel performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222315
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 27 1974 12:00AM