Enhancing the safe driving performance of older commercial vehicle drivers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-245

  Llaneras, Robert E ^a   Swezey, Robert W ^a   Brock, John F ^a   Rogers, William C ^b   Van Cott, Harold P ^c  

^a InterScience America   (United States)

^b Trucking Research Institute   (United States)

^c Van Cott and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial driving; Driver aids; Ergonomic driving interventions; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ERGONOMICS; SAFETY FACTOR;

COMMERCIAL DRIVING; OLDER DRIVERS; SAFE DRIVING;

PERSONNEL TESTING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL AID; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0032171552     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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