Research on driver behaviour over the past three decades has clearly demonstrated that the goals and motivations a driver brings to the driving task are important determinants for driver behaviour.
The objective of the book, and of the International Conference on Driver Behaviour and Training on which it is based, is to describe and discuss recent advances in the study of driving behaviour and driver training. It bridges the gap between practitioners and theoreticians investigating driving behaviour, from a number of different perspectives and related disciplines.
A major focus is to consider how driver training needs to be adapted to take into account individual differences, in order to raise awareness of how these may contribute to unsafe driving behaviour. From this it goes on to promote the development of driver training courses that consider all the skills that are essential for road safety. The effect of road environment and in-vehicle technology is also debated with reference to driver responses.
The book is timely in its aim of defining new approaches to improving road safety based on many years of empirical research on driver behaviour. The contributing researchers and professionals are encouraged to consider the applications of their work for reducing the risk of crash involvement, with a strong emphasis on driver training.
The readership includes researchers from a variety of different academic backgrounds, practitioners from regulatory authorities, vehicle manufacturers and organisations concerned with improving road safety.
Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface; Part 1 Driver Education: the Role of Experience and Instruction: Anticipation, neural function and mastering driving, Timo Järvilehto, Veli-Matti Nurkkala, Kyösti Koskela and Jonna Kalermo; Does driving experience delay overload threshold as a function of situation complexity?, Julie Paxion, Catherine Berthelon and Edith Galy; Risk allostasis: a simulator of age effects, Britta Lang, Andrew M. Parkes and Michael Gormley; Development and evaluation of a competence-based exam for prospective driving instructors, Erik Roelofs, Maria Bolsinova, Marieke van Onna and Jan Vissers. Part 2 Driver Behaviour and Driver Training: Identifying the characteristics of risky driving behaviour, Christian Gold, Thomas Müller and Klaus Bengler; The impact of frustration on visual search and hazard sensitivity in filmed driving situations, Peter Chapman and Jodie Walton; Anger and prospective memory while driving: do future intentions affect current anger?, Amanda N. Stephens, Gillian Murphy and Steven L. Trawley; Emotion regulation of car drivers by the physical and psychological parameters of music, Rainer Höger, Sabine Wollstädter, Sabine Eichhorst and Laura Becker; The relationship between seat belt use and distracted driving, M. Eugènia Gras, Francesc Prat, Montserrat Planes, Sílvia Font-Mayolas and Mark J.M. Sullman; Self-evaluation bias in stopping behaviour whilst driving, Ai Nakamura, Kan Shimazaki and Toshiro Ishida; Predicting the future driving style of novice drivers: the role of self-evaluation and instructors’ ratings following driver training, Laura Šeibokaite, Aukse Endriulaitiene, Rasa Markšaityte, Kristina Žardeckaite-Matulaitiene and Aiste Pranckeviciene; Improving safety during work-related driving among postal van drivers, Simo Salminen. Part 3 Road Environment, In-Vehicle Technology and Driver Behaviour: Evaluation of visual overtaking distance using a driver’s psycho-emotional response, Atis Zarins, Janis Smirnovs and Liga Plakane; Cognitive distractions and their relationship with the driver, Oscar W. Williamson, Alan R. Woodside and Jonathan R. Seymour; Driver fatigue systems - how do they change drivers' behaviour?, Katja Karrer-Gauss and Pawel Zawistowski; Ergonomics of parking brake application: an introduction, Valerie G. Noble, Richard J. Frampton and John H. Richardson; The compatibility of energy efficiency with pleasure of driving in a fully electric vehicle, Lena Rittger and Marcus Schmitz; Learning from accidents: using technical and subjective information to identify accident mechanisms and to develop driver assistance systems, Stefanie Weber, Antonio Ernstberger, Eckart Donner and Miklós Kiss. Part 4 Methodological Considerations in Measuring Driver Behaviour: The consistency of crash involvement recall across time, James Freeman, Anders af Wåhlberg, Barry Watson, Peter Barraclough, Jeremy Davey and Mitchell McMaster; Controlling for self-reported exposure in traffic accident prediction studies, Anders E. af Wåhlberg; The wrong tool for the job? The predictive powers of the DBQ in a sample of Queensland motorists, James Freeman, Peter Barraclough, Jeremy Davey, Anders af Wåhlberg and Barry Watson; Predictive validity and cross-cultural differences in self-reported driving behaviour of professional driver students in Ecuador, Daniela Serrano, María Sol Garcés and Luis Rodríguez; Psychometric properties of the driving cognitions questionnaire in a Polish sample, Agata Blachnio, Aneta Przepiórka and Mark J.M. Sullman; Index.
