Chinese truck drivers' attitudes toward feedback by technology: A quantitative approach

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1553-1562

  Huang, Yueng Hsiang ^a   Rau, Pei Luen Patrick ^b   Zhang, Bin ^b   Roetting, Matthias ^c  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chinese truck driver; Driver behavior; Feedback system; In vehicle technology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CONTROL THEORY; FEEDBACK; MULTITASKING; SURVEYS; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL; TRUCK DRIVERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

(OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; CULTURES (TRADITIONAL); DRIVING PERFORMANCES; DRIVING SAFETY; ELSEVIER (CO); FOCUS GROUPS; LONG-HAUL; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK (NFB); POSITIVE FEEDBACK; QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SAFE DRIVING; SURVEY DATA; WORKING ENVIRONMENTS;

TRUCKS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE; CAR DRIVING; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46149084173     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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