STUDIES OF THE DRIVER AS A CONTROL ELEMENT

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH PROGRAM WAS TO STUDY DRIVER RESPONSE AND PERFORMANCE IN FOUR TYPICAL DRIVING TASKS WHILE DRIVING EACH OF FOUR SIMULATED VEHICLES WITH A RANGE OF DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS. FOR THIS PURPOSE A DRIVING SIMULATOR WITH A TV-TERRAIN DISPLAY SYSTEM WAS UTILIZED. FIVE YOUNG MALE ENGINEERING STUDENTS, WITH PREVIOUS DRIVING EXPERIENCE, WERE USED AS EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS. THE COLLECTED DATA AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA CONTRIBUTE TOWARD UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF THE DRIVER CONTROL PROCESS. IN ORDER TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION, THE COLLECTED DATA HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF TABLES AND CHARTS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Institute of Transportation Studies
  3250 Public Affairs Building
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90095-1656
• Authors:
  • WOJCIK, C K
  • Allen, R W
• Publication Date: 1971-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 109 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving simulators; Personnel performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224106
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 25 2002 12:00AM