EFFECT OF VEHICLE AND DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF ROAD ROUGHNESS (ABRIDGMENT)

The objective of this paper is to summarize the results of an experiment that evaluated the effects of vehicle size, vehicle speed, residence of rating panel, and training of rating panel on the subjective evaluation of road roughness. The results of the panel ratings indicated that there was no significant effect of the different vehicle sizes or vehicle speeds used on the subjective evaluation of road roughness, and that trained raters (i.e., experts) evaluated roads the same as untrained raters (i.e., laymen). A small but significant effect of panel residence was found.

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• Authors:
  • Janoff, M S
  • Nick, J B
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 38-39
• Monograph Title: SURFACE PROPERTIES-VEHICLE INTERACTION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1000
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Knowledge; Motor vehicles; Perception; Roughness; Speed; Traffic speed; Vehicle characteristics; Vehicle size
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception; Driver psychology
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450723
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030903809X
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 025
• Files: HSL, TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Mar 31 1986 12:00AM