Age and skill differences in classifying hazardous traffic scenes

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 277-287

  Borowsky, Avinoam ^a   Oron Gilad, Tal ^a   Parmet, Yisrael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Driving experience; Driving skill; Hazard perception; Traffic environment characteristics; Young inexperienced drivers

Indexed keywords

MOTION PICTURES; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

CLASSIFICATION CRITERION; DRIVING EXPERIENCES; DRIVING SKILLS; HAZARD PERCEPTIONS; PERCEPTION REACTION TIME; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT; TRAINING PROGRAM;

HAZARDS;

EID: 67651115740     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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