Effects of driving experience and sensation-seeking on drivers' adaptation to road environment complexity

Safety Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 121-129

  Rudin Brown, Christina M ^a   Edquist, Jessica ^a   Lenné, Michael G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driver behaviour; Risk compensation; Road safety; Speed; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; PERIPHERAL DETECTION TASKS; RISK COMPENSATIONS; ROAD SAFETY; TASK DIFFICULTY;

ROADS AND STREETS; SPEED;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION SEEKING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC SAFETY; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

EID: 84884162704     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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