FATIGUE AND ROAD TRAFFIC /IN GERMAN/

THE FIRST PART OF THE ARTICLE DISCUSSES THE CAUSE OF FATIGUE, EXISTING FATIGUE THEORIES, AND SYMPTOMS AND PHASES IN THE COURSE OF FATIGUE. THE SECOND PART IS DEVOTED TO SPECIAL TRAFFIC-MEDICAL AND TRANSPORT- PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. THE GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE OF FATIGUE FOR THE TRAFFIC PARTICIPANTS IS DISCUSSED; GENERAL FATIGUE BECOMES APPARENT AS A RESULT OF LACK OF SLEEP, WORKING-STRESS OR OVERSTRESS, AND SICKNESS. THE ARTICLE DEALS WITH THE SPECIFIC EFFECT OF FATIGUE IN ROAD TRAFFIC AND THE INFLUENCE OF MONOTONY, FOOD INTAKE, AND CERTAIN OTHER INDIVIDUAL CONDITIONS ON FATIGUE. /TRRL/

• Authors:
  • Boecher, W
• Publication Date: 1970

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 103-17
• Serial:
  • Zeitschrift Verkehrssichereit /Germany/
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Personnel performance
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222812
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 1973 12:00AM