Effects of time pressure on left-turn decisions of elderly drivers in a fixed-base driving simulator

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-86

  Gelau, Christhard ^a   Sirek, Johanna ^b   Dahmen Zimmer, Katharina ^b  

^a Bundesanstalt fuer Strassenwesen   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Driver assistance systems; Driving simulator; Elderly drivers; Gap acceptance; Time pressure

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; INTERSECTIONS; SIMULATORS;

DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM; DRIVING SIMULATOR; ELDERLY DRIVERS; GAP ACCEPTANCE; TIME PRESSURES;

ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650306627     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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