Back to the future: Brake reaction times for manual and automated vehicles

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 46-58

  Young, Mark S ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automation; Brake reaction time; Driving; Skill

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; BRAKING;

BRAKE REACTION TIME; DRIVER FACTORS; DRIVING; VEHICLE FACTORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; REACTION TIME; SAFETY;

EID: 33845687330     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130600980789     Document Type: Article

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