EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON SKILLS RELATED TO DRIVING. FINAL REPORT

THE POSSIBILITY THAT A DECREMENT IN TRAFFIC SITUATION JUDGMENT EXISTS FOR CERTAIN MOTORISTS AFTER A FULL DAY OF WORK, BEFORE THE EVENING MEAL IS TAKEN WAS TESTED. THE STUDY ATTEMPTS TO MEASURE TRAFFIC JUDGMENT AND TO DEAL WITH WHAT CAN BE CONSIDERED A NORMAL AMOUNT OF FATIGUE OR DROWSINESS. QUESTIONNAIRES AND DRIVING SIMULATOR TESTS WERE USED TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE GROUPS OF DRIVERS WHOSE HABITS WERE CATEGORIZED AS GOOD, MEDIUM, AND POOR. NEARLY HALF THE DRIVERS QUESTIONED ADMITTED TO HAVING TROUBLE STAYING AWAKE WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT FATIGUE CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO ACCIDENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR DRIVERS WITH POOR DRIVING HABITS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No UclA-ENG-7060, 56 PP, 47 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Itte, Calif Univ, Los Angeles

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• Authors:
  • Case, H W
  • Hulbert, S
  • Mellinger, R L
• Publication Date: 1970-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Driving simulators; Drowsiness; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Motor skills; Personnel performance; Questionnaires; Testing
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driving habits
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223520
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 1971 12:00AM