How much visual road information is needed to drive safely and comfortably?

Safety Science

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 639-655

  De Waard, Dick ^a   Steyvers, Frank J J M ^a   Brookhuis, Karel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; RURAL ROADS;

DRIVING SIMULATOR; VISUAL ROAD INFORMATION;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIGHWAY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL AID; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 2942544729     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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