Easy rider meets knight rider: An on-road exploratory study of situation awareness in car drivers and motorcyclists

International Journal of Vehicle Design

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-322

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

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Human Centred Design   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^d Ergonomics Society   (United Kingdom)

^e RSA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Driving; Knowledge objects; Motorcycles; SA; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ECOLOGY; MOTORCYCLES; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

KNOWLEDGE OBJECTS; SITUATION AWARENESS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 34848856109     PISSN: 01433369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJVD.2007.014907     Document Type: Article

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