The effects of fatigue on train handling during speed restrictions

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 243-257

  Dorrian, Jillian ^a   Roach, Gregory D ^a   Fletcher, Adam ^a   Dawson, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Safety; Simulator studies; Train driving

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAILROAD TRACKS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HEAVY DESCENDING GRADES; SIMULATOR STUDIES; SPEED RESTRICTIONS; TRAIN DRIVING;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 33746987586     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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