Monotony of road environment and driver fatigue: A simulator study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 381-391

  Thiffault, Pierre ^a   Bergeron, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drowsiness; Fatigue; Monotony; Prevention; Road accidents; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; VISION;

DRIVER FATIGUE; DROWSINESS; STEERING WHEEL MOVEMENT (SWM) ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CANADA; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0037401042     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(02)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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