Traffic Safety and Human Behavior

Traffic Safety and Human Behavior
Author: David Shinar
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 1262
Release: 2017-06-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1786352214

This comprehensive 2nd edition covers the key issues that relate human behavior to traffic safety. In particular it covers the increasing roles that pedestrians and cyclists have in the traffic system; the role of infotainment in driver distraction; and the increasing role of driver assistance systems in changing the driver-vehicle interaction.

Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving

Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving
Author: Candida Castro
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2008-11-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 142005533X

Human error is involved in more than 90 percent of traffic accidents, and of those accidents, most are associated with visual distractions, or looking-but-failing-to-see errors. Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving gathers knowledge from a human factors psychology standpoint and provides deeper insight into traffic -user beh

Safety Research on Highway Infrastructure and Operations

Safety Research on Highway Infrastructure and Operations
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Research Priorities and Coordination in Highway Infrastructure and Operations Safety
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2008
Genre: Infrastructure (Economics)
ISBN: 0309113148

"TRB Special Report 292 ... recommends the creation of an independent scientific advisory committee (SAC). The SAC would be charged with development of a transparent process for identifying and prioritizing research needs and opportunities in highway safety, with emphasis on infrastructure and operations, and using the process developed to recommend a national research agenda focused on highway infrastructure and operations safety. The report also explores opportunities to improve the quality of highway safety research." -- publisher's website.

Handbook of Driving Simulation for Engineering, Medicine, and Psychology

Handbook of Driving Simulation for Engineering, Medicine, and Psychology
Author: Donald L. Fisher
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 728
Release: 2011-04-25
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1420061011

Effective use of driving simulators requires considerable technical and methodological skill along with considerable background knowledge. Acquiring the requisite knowledge and skills can be extraordinarily time consuming, yet there has been no single convenient and comprehensive source of information on the driving simulation research being conduc

Traffic Safety Culture

Traffic Safety Culture
Author: Nicholas John Ward
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-04-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1787146170

This book provides traffic safety researchers and practitioners with an international and multi-disciplinary compendium of theoretical and methodological concepts relevant to the research and application of Traffic Safety Culture aiming towards a vision of zero traffic fatalities.

Highway Safety

Highway Safety
Author: Linda J. Washington
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437911544

Fatalities on U.S. roads now total over 40,000 each year. Future reductions may require the Dept. of Transportation (DoT) to address new trends such as evolving crash-avoidance technologies and rapidly changing electronic devices that may distract drivers who use them on the road. This report examines how DoT is addressing fast-moving trends such as these, and examines how DoT is: (1) deciding on responses to the crash avoidance and electronic distractions trends --given available evidence and uncertainties; (2) developing new evidence on these trends' safety impacts; and (3) communicating with the Congress about these and other trends and related issues. Includes recommendations. Illustrations.

Advances in Human Factors of Transportation

Advances in Human Factors of Transportation
Author: Neville Stanton
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 833
Release: 2019-06-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030205037

This book discusses the latest advances in research and development, design, operation and analysis of transportation systems and their complementary infrastructures. It reports on both theories and case studies on road and rail, aviation and maritime transportation. Further, it covers a wealth of topics, from accident analysis, vehicle intelligent control, and human-error and safety issues to next-generation transportation systems, model-based design methods, simulation and training techniques, and many more. A special emphasis is placed on smart technologies and automation in transport, and on the user-centered, ergonomic and sustainable design of transport systems. The book, which is based on the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation, held on July 24-28, 2019, in Washington D.C., USA, mainly addresses the needs of transportation system designers, industrial designers, human–computer interaction researchers, civil and control engineers, as well as vehicle system engineers. Moreover, it represents a timely source of information for transportation policy-makers and social scientists whose work involves traffic safety, management, and sustainability issues in transport.