NTL Record

Title Understanding driver performance variability and perception of risk : driver hazard perception research plan
Record ID 20503
Personal Name
Creator
Lerner, N.; Benel, D.; Dekker, D.
Source 42p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator Comsis Corporation; United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development
Publisher Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center
Publication Date 19980100
Language English
Abstract The objectives of this research project were to develop a comprehensive and clearly defined research program to define, measure, and quantify driver perception of hazards as it relates to highway design, operations, and safety, standards This was accomplished through a systematic research and development effort that defined six research projects. The Driver Hazard Perception Research Program broadly addresses how drivers perceive, interpret, and react to potential hazards on the road, and how this influences risk related vehicle control decisions about time, speed, and space. The results will provide input to human factors safety handbooks, such as the Human Factors Highway Safety Handbook for use by highway designers, and human performance driving models, such as the Driver Performance-Based Highway Design Module (DPB/HDM) that incorporates human factors data and driver behavior models. The sequence of projects provides: (1) a broad, empirical based understanding of the role of driver roadway hazard perception leading to driver action; (2) understanding of the safety consequences of these perceptions and actions: (3) Identification of causal factors influencing driver hazard perception; and (4) proposed countermeasures to improve driver hazard perception for benefits in safety and traffic operations.
Rosap ID dot:15557
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15557
TRT Terms Automobile drivers; Risk analysis; Perception; Highway safety
General Subjects Driver perception; Driver performance; Hazard perception; Highway design; Highway operations; Highway safety; Human factors; Perception; Research programs; Roadway hazards; Safety programs; Safety standards
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY
Geographical
Coverage
United States
OCLC 50820384
TRIS Online
Accession No
758012
Contract Number DTFH61-92-R-00107
Report Number FHWA-RD-96-014
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/20000/20500/20503/PB98131683.pdf
Alternative URL http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/96014/96014.pdf; http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/96014/index.cfm
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository