Why do drivers maintain short headways in fog? A driving-simulator study evaluating feeling of risk and lateral control during automated and manual car following

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 971-985

  Saffarian, M ^a   Happee, R ^a   de Winter, J C F ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

driving; human machine systems; transportation safety; virtual environments

Indexed keywords

BRAKE PEDALS; CAR FOLLOWING; DRIVER ASSISTANCE; DRIVING; DRIVING SIMULATOR; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; LATERAL CONTROL; ROAD SAFETY; STEERING WHEEL; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; FOG; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEATHER;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WEATHER;

EID: 84865096496     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.691993     Document Type: Article

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