Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving

Informationen zum Autor Castro, Candida Klappentext Written clearly and concisely, using jargon-free language that is easily understood, this book compresses research from the past few decades into an accessible resource. It focuses on concrete the Cognitive Processes of driving, specifically, information acquisition and information processing. The authors delineate the theory, practice, and application Human Factors Knowledge and psychology theories to explain human errors when acquiring information from the road environment. The book provides 'applied' content on highway engineering, new technologies, vehicle, signage, VMS, and safety as well as information about the human factors on errors, situation awareness, workload, and fatigue. Zusammenfassung Presents insight into traffic-user behavior and the ways drivers acquire information from the road. This work discusses road and markings design, technologies, signage, distraction, safety, situation awareness, workload, driving experience, fatigue and driving interventions with the goal of improving driving behavior and preventing accidents. Inhaltsverzeichnis Visual Demands and Driving. Visual Requirements of Vehicular Guidance. Estimations in Driving. A Two-Dimensional Framework for Understanding the Role of Attentional Selection in Driving. Driver Distractions. Experience and Visual Attention in Driving. The Environment: Roadway Design, Environmental Factors, and Conflicts. On Allocating the Eyes: Visual Attention and In-Vehicle Technologies. Enhancing Safety by Augmenting Information Acquisition in the Driving Environment. Crossmodal Information Processing in Driving. Interventions to Reduce Road Trauma. On Not Getting Hit: The Science of Avoiding Collisions and the Failures Involved in That Endeavor.

Product details

• Authors: Candida Castro, Candida (Universidad De Granada Castro, Castro Candida, Laurence R. Hartley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.11.2008
• EAN: 9781420055306
• ISBN: 978-1-4200-5530-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Engineering, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Civil / Transportation, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, environmental science, engineering & technology, Engineering: general, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Ergonomics