Visual search strategies of older drivers at rural expressway intersections

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1560-1564

  Bao, Shan ^a   Boyle, Linda Ng ^a  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC CONTROL; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

COMPARISON GROUPS; GAP DISTANCES; INTERACTION EFFECTS; LEFT TURNS; OLDER DRIVERS; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; RIGHT TURNS; SEARCH TIMES; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; UNSIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS; VISUAL SEARCH STRATEGIES; VISUAL SEARCHES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 58149526339     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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