Effect of auditory road safety alerts on brake response times of younger and older male drivers: A simulator study

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2069, 2008, Pages 41-47

  Porter, Michelle M ^a   Irani, Pourang ^b   Mondor, Todd A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Department of Computer Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BRAKES; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

AUDITORY ALARM; BRAKE RESPONSE TIME; DRIVER'S SAFETY; IN-VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; POSITION DATA; RED-LIGHT CAMERAS; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY ALERTS; SIMULATED DRIVING; VELOCITIES DATA;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 61349155473     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2069-06     Document Type: Article

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