Comparison of driving performance on-road and in a low-cost simulator using a concurrent telephone dialling task
Article Abstract:
Driving simulation is an important part of automobile human factors research, although high-fidelity driving simulators can be expensive to build and operate. A low-cost, fixed-based simulator has recently been developed by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), and its validity in conducting studies of driving performance is examined. It showed good relative validity for assessing decrements in driving performance linked with dialling a car phone.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Head tilt during driving
Article Abstract:
It is believed that drivers tilt their heads while going around corners in response to centripetal forces. Driving behaviour in the presence of centripetal forces was tested to distinguish between the use of visual and gravito-inertial force reference frames. There was a strong correlation of the tilt of the head with a visual aspect of the road ahead, supporting the use of predominantly visual reference frames for driving tasks.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Comparative study of the effects of auditory, visual and multimodality displays on drivers' performance in advanced traveller information systems
Article Abstract:
Research describing driver reaction and performance under differing conditions of information complexity is presented. In-vehicle displays were used to test drivers of different age groups.
Publication Name: Ergonomics
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0014-0139
Year: 2001
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Task analysis for the investigation of human error in safety-critical software design: a convergent methods approach
- Abstracts: The decentralisation debate and accounting controls in the New Zealand public sector. 'Between Business and Community': A Rural Co-op and Its Accounting Practice
- Abstracts: A matter of principles. Moving forward on a bankable course. E-Banking Links the Andes
- Abstracts: NEBS places printing kiosks at retail locations. Carpet One debuts Selectafloor system. Nourison unveils interactive kiosks for dealers
- Abstracts: Personal liability of directors. Inside a legal maze. Westminster update