Factors that comprise driver boredom and their relationships to preferred driving speed and demographic variables

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-89

  Heslop, S ^a   Harvey, J ^a   Thorpe, N ^a   Mulley, C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boredom; Cognitive capacity; Driver behaviour; Speed

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE CAPACITY; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING SPEED; FACTOR STRUCTURE; GENDER DIFFERENCES; PRINCIPLE COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SAFETY MARGIN; SELF-REPORT; SELF-REPORTING; URBAN ROAD;

SPEED; WELL STIMULATION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; VELOCITY;

EID: 73049113146     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060903429389     Document Type: Article

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