Even highly experienced drivers benefit from a brief hazard perception training intervention

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-110

  Horswill, Mark S ^a   Taylor, Kirsty ^a   Newnam, Sharon ^b   Wetton, Mark ^a   Hill, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anticipation skill; Better than average; Driver confidence; Driver education; Driver training; Hazard detection; Work related driving

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION SKILL; BETTER THAN AVERAGE; DRIVER CONFIDENCE; DRIVER EDUCATION; HAZARD DETECTION; WORK-RELATED;

HAZARDS;

DRIVER TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; TEACHING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872317693     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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