INFLUENCE OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON THE PULSE RATE OF DRIVERS

TWO GROUPS OF TEST SUBJECTS, CONSISTING OF 33 DRIVERS OF VW CARS HAVING AN AUTOMATIC GEAR CHANGE AND 45 DRIVERS OF VW CARS HAVING CONVENTIONAL GEAR BOXES, WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE THEIR PULSE RATES ON VARIOUS TYPES OF ROAD AND IN A SPECIFIC TRAFFIC SITUATION. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN PULSE RATE AND THIS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FACT THAT THE DRIVERS WERE EXPERIENCED. TESTS WITH GROUPS OF LEARNERS OF VARIOUS AGES ARE PROPOSED SO THAT COMPARATIVE DATA CAN BE OBTAINED.

• Corporate Authors:

  Road Safety Board /Austria

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• Authors:
  • Seydel, U
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 76-81
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Road Safety Board /Austria/
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Road Safety Board /Austria

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic transmissions; Drivers; Heart; Physiological aspects; Testing
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224350
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 2004 6:56PM