Why do car drivers fail to give way to motorcycles at t-junctions?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-96

  Crundall, David ^a   Crundall, Elizabeth ^a   Clarke, David ^a   Shahar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Eye movements; Look But Fail To See error; Motorcycles

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT STATISTIC; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVER; CARRIAGEWAYS; LOOK BUT FAIL TO SEE ERROR; PULL OUT; T JUNCTIONS; TIME SPENT; VIDEO CLIPS; VISUAL SKILLS;

BICYCLES; EYE MOVEMENTS;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CAR DRIVING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLE; REACTION TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTORCYCLES; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 80755163684     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.017     Document Type: Article

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