Effects of driving experience and lighting condition on driving performance

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisandra Garay ◽  
Donald L. Fisher ◽  
Kathleen L. Hancock
2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larry B. Nabatilan ◽  
Fereydoun Aghazadeh ◽  
Ashish D. Nimbarte ◽  
Craig C. Harvey ◽  
Suman K. Chowdhury

2018 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 04003
Author(s):  
Kamila Gąsiorek ◽  
Adam Tarnowski ◽  
Justyna Harasimczuk

Distraction of the driver's attention is one of the key aspects of research conducted by automotive companies. It concerns not only on-board devices, but also the factors outside the vehicle, such as advertising displays. Too much attention focused on advertisements can have negative impact on the driver's behaviour and driving quality. The 2-second distraction can more than double the risk of an accident. The paper presents the results of a simulator-based study, in which 60 drivers (including 30 women) age- 18-64 take part. All participants had a valid driving license and differed in their driving experience. It has been verified how the time of focusing the attention on the roadside advertisements affects the given safety and driving performance indicators.


Author(s):  
Marvin L. Baron ◽  
Robert C. Williges

Forty student drivers received various amounts of driving simulator and film-only pretraining to determine the transfer effectiveness of open-loop simulation using passive instructors in a driver education program. To measure the effects of previous driving experience, the simulator performance of eight licensed drivers was compared to the student drivers. Early in simulation, licensed drivers exhibited reliably better steering performance than the 6-hr. simulation pretraining students, but the reverse was true late in simulation. Six hr. of pretraining yielded significantly better transfer in terms of overall automobile driving performance on a McGlade Road Test than 3 hr. of pretraining regardless of whether the pretraining included instructional films alone or films used in conjunction with simulators. A component analysis of the first hour of driving performance revealed that the 6-hr. pretraining groups were superior to the 3-hr. group on a procedures dimension. In addition, the film-only pretraining groups were superior to the simulator groups in terms of a steering dimension during the first hour of transfer. Implications of these results are discussed in terms of improving simulators used in driver education.


1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 277-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis A. Attwood

The experiment described herein was conducted to develop a method of predicting driver ability based on objective measures of driving performance. Fifteen subjects drove an instrumented vehicle in live traffic on two-lane and multi-lane road sections in and around the Toronto area. Eight of the subject drivers had at least five years driving experience and seven of them had less than two thousand miles driving experience. On selected portions of the road course, subjects were instructed to maintain certain speeds or lanes. During these periods raw data were collected on vehicle velocity, lane position, steering wheel position, and accelerator pedal position. Using off-line computer programs the data were transformed into a number of descriptive statistics which were then analyzed using univariate and multivariate statistical techniques. Results indicated that even though univariate analyses were generally unsuccessful in differentiating between the groups of experienced and inexperienced drivers, successful discrimination was achieved with combinations of variables. Results suggest that it could be possible to employ on-line monitoring devices to determine whether a driver is capable of a minimum level of driving performance. Implications for the use of such a device in driver licensing and education are discussed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.8) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Murali Subramaniyam ◽  
Seoung Eun Kim ◽  
Seung Nam Min ◽  
Heeran Lee ◽  
Seung Hee Hong ◽  
...  

Alcohol consumption impairs driving skills and responsible for a high proportion of traffic accidents. This research examined the effects of blood alcohol consumption (BAC) level on driver’s physiological behavior and driving performance under simulated driving environment. The participants consisted of eight healthy young male drivers with an average of eight years driving experience. The scenario considered was 5 min driving on a highway with different speed limits, crossings, and unexpected event. Results showed that statistically significantly decreased alpha and increased theta power frequency was observed with increased BAC level. Heart rate was statistically significantly elevated with increased BAC level. The accident rate and the over speed rate were significantly higher with higher BAC level. Alcohol intoxication affected drivers’ decision-making ability, vision and integrating visual information ability.


Author(s):  
Thomas J Triggs ◽  
Alan E Drummond

The Monash University Accident Research Centre is conducting a comprehensive research program with a focus on young driver performance issues. Despite the failure to develop effective young driver risk reduction strategies, most research efforts continue to be directed towards the behaviour and/or motivation of young drivers. This paper suggests that an expansion of this effort to include the investigation of driving performance issues is warranted. To this end, the simulator-based research effort is described, the cornerstone of which is an attempt to identify the important differences in driving performance as a function of driving experience. In addition, an overview of specific investigations in the areas of attention switching time and the provision of decision aiding information is given.


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