Driving experience and perception of the lead car's braking when looking at in-car targets

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-407

  Summala, Heikki ^a   Lamble, Dave ^a   Laakso, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brake reaction time; Car following; Dual task performance; Novice driver; Perceptual learning; Peripheral vision; Time to contact

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0032128720     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(98)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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