Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI

Today’s society must confront major land transport problems. The human and financial costs of vehicle accidents are increasing, with road traffic accidents predicted to become the third largest cause of death and injury across the world by 2020. Several social trends pose threats to safety, including increasing car ownership and traffic congestion, the increased complexity of the human-vehicle interface, the ageing of populations in the developed world, and a possible influx of young vehicle operators in the developing world.

The Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport series aims to make a timely contribution to these issues by focusing on the driver as a contributing causal agent in road and rail accidents. The series seeks to reflect the increasing demand for safe, efficient and economical land-based transport by reporting on the state-of-the-art science that may be applied to reduce vehicle collisions, improve the usability of vehicles and enhance the operator’s wellbeing and satisfaction. It will do so by disseminating new theoretical and empirical research from specialists in the behavioural and allied disciplines, including traffic psychology, human factors and ergonomics.

The series captures topics such as driver behaviour, driver training, in-vehicle technology, driver health and driver assessment. Specially commissioned works from internationally recognised experts in the field will provide authoritative accounts of the leading approaches to this significant real-world problem.

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Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI

Today’s society must confront major land transport problems. The human and financial costs of vehicle accidents are increasing, with road traffic accidents predicted to become the third largest cause of death and injury across the world by 2020. Several social trends pose threats to safety, including increasing car ownership and traffic congestion, the increased complexity of the human-vehicle interface, the ageing of populations in the developed world, and a possible influx of young vehicle operators in the developing world.

The Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport series aims to make a timely contribution to these issues by focusing on the driver as a contributing causal agent in road and rail accidents. The series seeks to reflect the increasing demand for safe, efficient and economical land-based transport by reporting on the state-of-the-art science that may be applied to reduce vehicle collisions, improve the usability of vehicles and enhance the operator’s wellbeing and satisfaction. It will do so by disseminating new theoretical and empirical research from specialists in the behavioural and allied disciplines, including traffic psychology, human factors and ergonomics.

The series captures topics such as driver behaviour, driver training, in-vehicle technology, driver health and driver assessment. Specially commissioned works from internationally recognised experts in the field will provide authoritative accounts of the leading approaches to this significant real-world problem.

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Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI

Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI

by Lisa Dorn
Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI

Driver Behaviour and Training: Volume VI

by Lisa Dorn

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Overview

Today’s society must confront major land transport problems. The human and financial costs of vehicle accidents are increasing, with road traffic accidents predicted to become the third largest cause of death and injury across the world by 2020. Several social trends pose threats to safety, including increasing car ownership and traffic congestion, the increased complexity of the human-vehicle interface, the ageing of populations in the developed world, and a possible influx of young vehicle operators in the developing world.

The Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport series aims to make a timely contribution to these issues by focusing on the driver as a contributing causal agent in road and rail accidents. The series seeks to reflect the increasing demand for safe, efficient and economical land-based transport by reporting on the state-of-the-art science that may be applied to reduce vehicle collisions, improve the usability of vehicles and enhance the operator’s wellbeing and satisfaction. It will do so by disseminating new theoretical and empirical research from specialists in the behavioural and allied disciplines, including traffic psychology, human factors and ergonomics.

The series captures topics such as driver behaviour, driver training, in-vehicle technology, driver health and driver assessment. Specially commissioned works from internationally recognised experts in the field will provide authoritative accounts of the leading approaches to this significant real-world problem.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781351942850
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/05/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 336
File size: 39 MB
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About the Author

Dr Lisa Dorn is Director of the Driving Research Group at Cranfield University. She is President -Elect of the International Association of Applied Psychology: Traffic and Transportation Psychology Division and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Chartered Psychologist and Member of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. Dr Dorn has published a number of journal papers on driver behaviour, driver stress and risk and is a regular contributor to the public debate at major conferences. Currently, Dr Dorn is working with global organisations to improve driver education and training.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Driver Education: the Role of Experience and Instruction: Anticipation, neural function and mastering driving, Timo Jarvilehto, Veli-Matti Nurkkala, Kyoesti Koskela and Jonna Kalermo; Does driving experience delay overload threshold as a function of situation complexity?, Julie Paxion, Catherine Berthelon and Edith Galy; Risk allostasis: a simulator of age effects, Britta Lang, Andrew M. Parkes and Michael Gormley; Development and evaluation of a competence-based exam for prospective driving instructors, Erik Roelofs, Maria Bolsinova, Marieke van Onna and Jan Vissers. Part 2 Driver Behaviour and Driver Training: Identifying the characteristics of risky driving behaviour, Christian Gold, Thomas Muller and Klaus Bengler; The impact of frustration on visual search and hazard sensitivity in filmed driving situations, Peter Chapman and Jodie Walton; Anger and prospective memory while driving: do future intentions affect current anger?, Amanda N. Stephens, Gillian Murphy and Steven L. Trawley; Emotion regulation of car drivers by the physical and psychological parameters of music, Rainer Hoeger, Sabine Wollstadter, Sabine Eichhorst and Laura Becker; The relationship between seat belt use and distracted driving, M. Eugenia Gras, Francesc Prat, Montserrat Planes, Silvia Font-Mayolas and Mark J.M. Sullman; Self-evaluation bias in stopping behaviour whilst driving, Ai Nakamura, Kan Shimazaki and Toshiro Ishida; Predicting the future driving style of novice drivers: the role of self-evaluation and instructors' ratings following driver training, Laura Seibokaite, Aukse Endriulaitiene, Rasa Marksaityte, Kristina A1/2ardeckaite-Matulaitiene and Aiste Pranckeviciene; Improving safety during work-related driving among postal van drivers, Simo Salminen. Part 3 Road Environment, In-Vehicle Technology and Driver Behaviour: Evaluation of visual overtaking distance using a driver's psycho-emotional response, Atis Zarins, Janis Smirnovs and Liga Plakane; Cognitive distractions and their relationship with the driver, Oscar W. Williamson, Alan R. Woodside and Jonathan R. Seymour; Driver fatigue systems - how do they change drivers' behaviour?, Katja Karrer-Gauss and Pawel Zawistowski; Ergonomics of parking brake application: an introduction, Valerie G. Noble, Richard J. Frampton and John H. Richardson; The compatibility of energy efficiency with pleasure of driving in a fully electric vehicle, Lena Rittger and Marcus Schmitz; Learning from accidents: using technical and subjective information to identify accident mechanisms and to develop driver assistance systems, Stefanie Weber, Antonio Ernstberger, Eckart Donner and Miklos Kiss. Part 4 Methodological Considerations in Measuring Driver Behaviour: The consistency of crash involvement recall across time, James Freeman, Anders af Wahlberg, Barry Watson, Peter Barraclough, Jeremy Davey and Mitchell McMaster; Controlling for self-reported exposure in traffic accident prediction studies, Anders E. af Wahlberg; The wrong tool for the job? The predictive powers of the DBQ in a sample of Queensland motorists, James Freeman, Peter Barraclough, Jeremy Davey, Anders af Wahlberg and Barry Watson; Predictive validity and cross-cultural differences in self-reported driving behaviour of professional driver students in Ecuador, Daniela Serrano, Maria Sol Garces and Luis Rodriguez; Psychometric properties of the driving cognitions questionnaire in a Polish sample, Agata Blachnio, Aneta Przepiorka and Mark J.M. Sullman; Index.
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