Older drivers' perceptions, responses, and driving behaviours during complex traffic conditions at a signalized intersection

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering

Volumn 222, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1879-1892

  Hong, I ^a,b   Kurihara, T ^c   Iwasaki, M ^b  

^a Institute of Social Environment Systems Inc   (Japan)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sanki Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eye movement; Hazard avoidance; Human error; Older drivers; Search reaction time

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; HAZARDS; INFRARED DEVICES; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

EYE MOVEMENT DATUM; HAZARD AVOIDANCE; HUMAN ERRORS; NEAR-INFRARED SYSTEM; OLDER DRIVERS; SEARCH REACTION TIME; SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

EID: 57049112144     PISSN: 09544070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO669     Document Type: Article

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