Human factors en verkeersveiligheid: de mens als maat der dingen
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In one way or another, human factors play a role in almost all road accidents. For designing a safe traffic and road environment, it is important to take human capabilities and limitations into account: man asthe measure of all things.
This paper briefly summarizes traffic safetyfrom a road users' point ofview,givesa general description ofthedrivingtask,ofthe human information processing cycle (perception, processing, decision-making and handling) and of how people conduct tasks. Moreover, it focuses on individual characteristics and the main differences among people in relationship with accident risk. The paper gives insight in the human functioning in traffic and indicates how this
knowledge can contribute to avoid or to solve traffic safety problems.
Keywords: Human factors, traffic safety, human error, distraction, driving behaviour, human information processing, road users.
This paper briefly summarizes traffic safetyfrom a road users' point ofview,givesa general description ofthedrivingtask,ofthe human information processing cycle (perception, processing, decision-making and handling) and of how people conduct tasks. Moreover, it focuses on individual characteristics and the main differences among people in relationship with accident risk. The paper gives insight in the human functioning in traffic and indicates how this
knowledge can contribute to avoid or to solve traffic safety problems.
Keywords: Human factors, traffic safety, human error, distraction, driving behaviour, human information processing, road users.
TNO Identifier
23688
ISSN
1571-9227
Source
Tijdschrift Vervoerswetenschap, 44(2), pp. 49-63.
Publisher
Stichting Vervoerswetenschap
Place of publication
Delft
Pages
49-63
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