Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response - Hardcover

Olson, Paul L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0913875228 ISBN 13: 9780913875223

Publisher: Sae Intl, 1996

Synopsis

A significant advance over the previous edition, this title contains new information you need to know about driver perception and response.

While the basic subject matter--driver perception and perception-response time--remains the same, chapters have been added that cover in greater depth material that was briefly mention in the first edition. Additional chapters present completely new material on the topics of driver eye movements and visual attention.

Driver Perception and Response pulls together the available information on two primary themes: what a driver could (or should) have seen and how long he or she takes to respond in an emergency situation.

TOPICS INCLUDE

• Applicability of human factors
• General principles of vision and perception
• Visibility with motor vehicle headlamps and with streetlighting
• Night photography
• Methods of evaluation
• Basic perception-response situations and complicating factors.
• Evaluation of visibility in the field
• Factors that degrade visual performance under night driving conditions
• Fundamentals of vision in driving
• Human variability
• Visibility when driving at night
• Perception-response time in non-standard situations
• Problems in the use of nighttime photography as evidence in litigation
• Visibility with fixed lighting

About this title

From the Back Cover

This brand new third edition of Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response contains the most current information available in the area of driver perception and perception-response time. Existing chapters have been expanded, providing in-depth coverage of areas such as light reflecting surfaces, visibility enhancing materials, driver age, gender and experience, fatigue, speed perception and vehicle size, vehicle lighting and marking, glare, and more. Many of these were only briefly mentioned or not included in the earlier editions. Additionally, new chapters have been added to present completely new material on many related driver perception and response issues including roadway design and the driver, work zones, railroad grade crossings, roadway signage, weather and driving and driver distraction.

About the Author

Paul Olson, Ph.D. is the co-author of Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response, Third Edition, published by L&J. He has enjoyed a long career in human factors since receiving his Ph.D. in industrial psychology from Purdue University in 1959. He is a fellow of both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the American Psychological Association. He is also a recipient of the A.R. Lauer Traffic Safety Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers.Robert Dewar, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1965. He taught Psychology at the University of Calgary from 1965 to 1990. He is now President of his own consulting firm, Western Ergonomics, Inc., specializing in driver behavior and traffic safety. He has presented several workshops on human factors in traffic safety for traffic engineers, police, driver educators and traffic safety experts. He is co-author, with Paul L. Olson, of the Second Edition of Human Factors in Traffic Safety, published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing. He has conducted a number of road safety audits and investigated and acted as an expert witness on a variety of traffic accidents involving automobiles, trains, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. He is recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s A. R. Lauer Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of human factors aspects of highway safety and driver education.Eugene Farber (d. 2006) had worked in the area of traffic safety, driver behavior and human factors since 1965, up until his death in 2006. In January 1999 he retired from the Ford Motor Company after a career of 28 years and thereafter provided forensic consulting services in traffic accident cases. At retirement he held a dual appointment in Ford’s Vehicle Safety Research Department and the Automotive Safety Office. His most recent project at Ford was a study of the visual workload of drivers using advanced car navigation systems. He also participated in the Ford/GM/NHTSA Cooperative Research Program on Front Obstacle Warning Systems. Earlier he was with the Safety Research Department at Ford where he directed human factors and crash avoidance research in such areas as

Edition details

• Publisher: Sae Intl
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0913875228
• ISBN 13: 9780913875223
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240