The development of a method to measure speed adaptation to traffic complexity: Identifying novice, unsafe, and overconfident drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1524-1530

  de Craen, Saskia ^a   Twisk, Divera A M ^a   Hagenzieker, Marjan P ^a   Elffers, Henk ^b   Brookhuis, Karel A ^c,d  

^a SWOV INSTITUTE FOR ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF CRIME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation to task demands; Calibration; Self assessment of skills; Young novice drivers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPEED; TESTING;

(ALGORITHMIC) COMPLEXITY; DRIVER PERFORMANCES; DRIVING SKILLS; DRIVING SPEED; ELSEVIER (CO); MONITOR (CO); NEGATIVE EFFECTS; NOVICE DRIVERS; ON-ROAD DRIVING; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC COMPLEXITY; TRAFFIC SCENES; TRAFFIC SITUATIONS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; APTITUDE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 46349111221     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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