Testing the psychophysical characteristics of professional drivers – Can we identify unsafe drivers?
| Autor: | Milan Savicevic, Boris Antic, Milan Vujanic, Dalibor Pešić |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
Engineering business.industry 05 social sciences Applied psychology Human factors and ergonomics Poison control Transportation Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Test (assessment) Transport engineering Formal education 0502 economics and business 11. Sustainability Automotive Engineering Injury prevention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Risk assessment business human activities 050107 human factors Applied Psychology Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 42:104-116 |
| ISSN: | 1369-8478 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.trf.2016.07.003 |
| Popis: | Most experts in the field of traffic safety agree with the fact that the human factor is the most responsible for the occurrence of traffic accidents. Many authors have demonstrated the influence of psychophysical characteristics on driver’s behavior in traffic. The question arose whether the testing of driver’s psychophysical characteristics can identify unsafe drivers. The aim of this work was to conduct testing of psychophysical characteristics of professional drivers from a transport company and to compare the results of those drivers who have been in a traffic accident with those who have never been in a traffic accident. It turns out that there were no statistical differences between the test results of psychophysical characteristics of the drivers who had been in accidents versus those who hadn’t been in accidents (which means that tests of psychophysical characteristic of drivers can not accurately determine the driver’s risk of accidents). An additional objective was also to examine the effect of the driver's age and the level of formal education in their psychophysical characteristics. It has been shown that younger drivers and drivers with high levels of education have better psychophysical characteristics in regards to driving safely. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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