TOWARDS A THEORY OF DRIVING BEHAVIOUR

SOME OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH OF DRIVING IS EXAMINED, AND ESPECIALLY QUENAULT'S TYPOLOGY OF DRIVERS. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO THE NEED FOR A GENERAL THEORY OF DRIVING BEHAVIOR BASED ON HOMOGENEOUS GROUPS OF SUBJECTS DRAWN FROM THE GENERAL POPULATION, RATHER THAN FROM GROUPS THAT ARE DIFFERENTIATED ON THE BASIS OF CHANCE-OCCURRENCES SUCH AS ACCIDENTS. A MODIFIED TYPOLOGY IS PROPOSED ON THEORETICAL GROUNDS, TO FACILITATE THE OBJECTIVE TESTING OF LARGE NUMBERS OF RELATIVELY NONSPECIFIC BEHAVIORAL HYPOTHESES. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT DRIVING BEHAVIOR AS SUCH BE INVESTIGATED. /AUTHOR/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00014575
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 3, No 2, PP 113-119, 4 FIG, 1 TAB, 23 REF
• Authors:
  • Weldon, E
• Publication Date: 1971-7

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Classification; Drivers; Theory
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223709
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM