Prefered time headway in car-following and individual differences in perceptual-motor skills
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18 Subjects were tested in a simulator to assess whether choice of time headway in car-following is related to individual differences in perceptual-motor skills. Drivers with a larger preferred time headway committed larger steering errors while driving on a winding road and were less accurate in maintaining a constant distance to a lead vehicle that varied its speed between 80 and 100 km/h. compared to drivers with a smaller preferred headway. Also, time to collision with a lead vehicle hardly affected the braking response of drivers with a larger preferred time headway. In contrast, the braking response of drivers with a smaller preferred time headway was strongly affected by time to collision with the lead vehicle. The results support the hypothesis that preferred time headway is at least to some extent the result of adaptation to the driver's braking performance and perceptual-motor skills.
Topics
trafficindividual differencescar drivingcomputer interfacecomputer simulationfemalehumanindividualitymalemotionmotor performancepsychological aspectpsychomotor performancestatisticstimetraffic accidentvisionAccidents, TrafficAutomobile DrivingComputer SimulationFemaleHumansIndividualityMaleMotionMotor SkillsPsychomotor PerformanceTime FactorsUser-Computer InterfaceVisual Perception
TNO Identifier
9475
Source
Perceptual and Motor Skills(87), pp. 863 - 873.
Pages
863 - 873
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