Effect of drivers' age and push button locations on visual time off road, steering wheel deviation and safety perception

Ergonomics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-92

  Dukic, Tania ^a,b   Hanson, L ^c   Falkmer, T ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Older drivers; Safety perception; Secondary task; Steering wheel deviation; Visual demand; Visual time off road; Younger drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; DISPLAY DEVICES; ERGONOMICS; MANUAL CONTROL; VISION;

OLDER DRIVERS; SAFETY PERCEPTION; SECONDARY TASK; STEERING WHEEL DEVIATION; VISUAL DEMAND; VISUAL TIME OFF ROAD; YOUNGER DRIVERS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CAR DRIVER; CONCEPT FORMATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE HAND COORDINATION; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; SWEDEN; VISION;

EID: 30844456582     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540500422320     Document Type: Article

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