Driver hand position on the steering wheel while merging into motorway traffic

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-140

  De Waard, Dick ^a   Van den Bold, Thigri G M P R ^a   Lewis Evans, Ben ^a  

^a Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving; Hand position; Mental effort; Risk perception; Steering wheel

Indexed keywords

MERGING; RISK PERCEPTION; WHEELS;

DRIVING; DRIVING SIMULATOR; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HAND POSITIONS; MENTAL EFFORT; STEERING WHEEL; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT;

EID: 76549092996     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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