Headway feedback improves intervehicular distance: A field study

Human Factors

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 474-481

  Shinar, David ^a   Schechtman, Edna ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FEEDBACK; NAVIGATION;

INTERVEHICULAR DISTANCE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DRIVING ABILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036761839     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/0018720024497682     Document Type: Review

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