Driving simulators for robust comparisons: A case study evaluating road safety engineering treatments

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 961-971

  Jamson, Samantha ^a   Lai, Frank ^a   Jamson, Hamish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engineering; Interventions; Parameters; Simulator; Speed

Indexed keywords

CURVE RADIUS; DIVERSE RANGE; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING SIMULATOR; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; ENGINEERING TREATMENT; INTERVENTIONS; PARAMETERS; REAL-WORLD EVALUATION; REDUCING TREATMENT; ROAD AUTHORITIES; ROAD SAFETY; SPEED MANAGEMENT; SPEED PARAMETERS; SPEED REDUCTION; TRAFFIC CALMING; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SIMULATORS;

SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950317885     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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