That's close enough-A threshold effect of time headway on the experience of risk, task difficulty, effort, and comfort

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1926-1933

  Lewis Evans, Ben ^a   De Waard, Dick ^a   Brookhuis, Karel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Car following; Driver behaviour theory; Driver decision making; Risk; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; RISKS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

CAR FOLLOWING; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING EXPERIENCES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; RIGHT-HAND SIDES; SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSIONS; TASK DIFFICULTY; THRESHOLD EFFECT;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; ORIENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049412275     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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