Expert Drivers and Situational Awareness

Situational Awareness (SA) refers to knowing what is happening around you, and is closely related to task performance and safety. Here, we were interested in how SA differs between expert (paramedics) and non-expert drivers, controlling for memory, driving experience and age. We demonstrated that non-experts were better at reporting low-level perceptual features (e.g., “there is a blue car”), but experts were better at understanding the situation and predicting future events (e.g.,”that car may pull out into the lane we are in”). The results are discussed in terms of rapid strategy development that might occur with experts compared with non-expert drivers.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Pammer, K
  • Liu, Y
  • Borzycki, M
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2017, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2017-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 3p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 10-12 October, Perth, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attention; Behavior; Driver experience; Driver performance; Drivers; Emergency vehicles; Human characteristics; Perception
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• ATRI Terms: Driver characteristics; Driver performance; Driving experience; Emergency vehicle; Perception
• ITRD Terms: 2225: Experience (human)
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01661772
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 1 2018 10:03AM