Handbook of Traffic Psychology - Hardcover

9780123819840: Handbook of Traffic Psychology

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123819849 ISBN 13: 9780123819840

Publisher: Academic Press, 2011

The Handbook of Traffic Psychology covers all key areas of research in this field including theory, applications, methodology and analyses, variables that affect traffic, driver problem behaviors, and countermeasures to reduce risk on roadways. Comprehensive in scope, the methodology section includes case-control studies, self-report instruments and methods, field methods and naturalistic observational techniques, instrumented vehicles and in-car recording techniques, modeling and simulation methods, in vivo methods, clinical assessment, and crash datasets and analyses. Experienced researchers will better understand what methods are most useful for what kinds of studies and students can better understand the myriad of techniques used in this discipline.

Focuses specifically on traffic, as opposed to transport
Covers all key areas of research in traffic psychology including theory, applications, methodology and analyses, variables that affect traffic, driver problem behaviors, and countermeasures to reduce the risk of variables and behavior
Contents include how to conduct traffic research and how to analyze data
Contributors come from more than 10 countries, including US, UK, Japan, Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, Mexico, Australia, Canada, Turkey, France, Finland, Norway, Israel, and South Africa

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From the Back Cover:

The Handbook of Traffic Psychology is a comprehensive manual to traffic psychology's issues, methods, populations, and countermeasures. Representing an interdisciplinary perspective from psychology, engineering, political science, and public health, the book summarizes recent research findings in six key areas vital to traffic psychology. With contributors representing 12 countries on five continents, the book explores 1) theories, concepts, and methods; 2) key variables to understand in traffic psychology; 3) key problem behaviors; 4) vulnerable and problem road users; 5) major countermeasures to reduce risk; and 6) interdisciplinary issues.

From distracted drivers to fatigue and impaired driving, the Handbook tells us what causes the most menace on the roads, how we cope with it as a society, and what more needs to be done. The Handbook discusses how drivers cope with the demands of driving, from visual search patterns to human factor considerations, as well as how our personalities and neuroscience all play a role in reactions and behaviors. Special attention is also given to those populations most at risk for harm on our roadways.

The Handbook is for serious scholars of the field as well as for those beginning its study. It can be used for a graduate course on traffic psychology as well as a reference to researchers.

Special Features

Covers what methods are best to study what problems and how to conduct these methods in the field
Encompasses both theory and real-world situations and how the theories are borne out
Contains interdisciplinary perspectives from psychology, engineering, political science, and public health
Maintains a global view with contributors from 12 countries
Discusses factors that both provoke and assist drivers
Includes research on problem drivers and enforcement and education solutions

About the Author:

Bryan Porter is Professor of Psychology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. His work examines psychology’s role in solving community problems, where he regularly involves government, media, engineering, and law enforcement partners in his work. His research areas include driving safety, public health and safety, and large-scale behavioral interventions. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour (Elsevier) and editor of Handbook of Traffic Psychology (Elsevier, 2011).

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