VISUAL SCAN PATTERNS OF NOVICE AND EXPERIENCED DRIVERS

BY MEANS OF A NEWLY DEVELOPED TELEVISION SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS' EYE MOVEMENTS, NOVICE DRIVERS WERE TESTED AT THREE TRAINING LEVELS AND COMPARED WITH EXPERIENCED DRIVERS. RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE VISUAL SEARCH ACTIVITY OF THE NOVICE DRIVERS DECREASED AS THEY GAINED EXPERIENCE. IN ADDITION, NOVICE DRIVERS' MEAN HORIZONTAL LOOKING LOCATION WAS FURTHER TO THE RIGHT THAN THE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS, AND THEY USED THEIR MIRROR QUITE INFREQUENTLY. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE VISUAL SCAN PATTERNS OF THE NOVICE DRIVERS MIGHT BE DUE TO THEIR HIGH DEGREE OF CONCENTRATION ON CONTROLLING THE AUTOMOBILE IN THE LATERAL AND LONGITUDINAL MODES. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

  Bezuidenhoutseweg 62
  The Hague,   Netherlands  2594 AW
• Authors:
  • Mourant, R R
  • Rockwell, T H
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 20 p.
• Serial:
  • Psychological Aspects of Driver Behaviour
  • Publisher: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Eye; Knowledge; Mirrors; Motion; Rearview mirrors; Visual perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experience
• Old TRIS Terms: Rear view
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222503
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper, HS-013 476, HS-013 490
• Contract Numbers: PHS-UI00066
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 11 1974 12:00AM