What's happened to car design? An exploratory study into the effect of 15 yearsk of progress on driver situation awareness

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 266-282

  Walker, Guy H ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a,b,c,d   Young, Mark S ^a,e,f  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Human Centred Design   (United Kingdom)

^c Ergonomics Society   (United Kingdom)

^d RSA   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^f Ergonomics Society (MErgS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car design; Driver performance; Feedback; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DRIVER TRAINING; FEEDBACK; STATISTICAL METHODS; STEERING;

CAR DESIGN; DRIVER PERFORMANCE; SITUATION AWARENESS;

GROUND VEHICLES;

EID: 34547277347     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2007.013679     Document Type: Article

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