The consequences of an increase in heavy goods vehicles for passenger car drivers' mental workload and behaviour: A simulator study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 818-828

  de Waard, Dick ^a,b   Kruizinga, Anje ^a   Brookhuis, Karel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving simulator; HGV; Highway; Mental workload; Merging; Truck

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PASSENGER CARS;

HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES; MOTORWAY TRAFFIC;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 40349085665     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.09.029     Document Type: Article

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