Traffic accidents are the leading cause of hospitalization in adolescence, with the 18-24-year-old age group accounting for 23% of deaths by traffic accidents. Recurrence rate is also high. One in four teenagers will have a relapse within the year following the first accident. Cognitive impairments known in adolescence could cause risky behaviors, defined as repetitive engagement in dangerous s...

This research focused on the modelling of realistic “human like” driving behaviour for the purpose of studying and understanding the complex interactions that lead to accidents. The ultimate goal of which is to develop a driver behaviour model that can be used in simulations to analyze and understand driving behaviour and human errors for the purpose of increasing road safety. A rigid and pract...

Objective: Driving is a complex behavior and is affected by several factors. This cohort study aimed at representing the main determinants such as personality features, driving behavior, and mental illnesses on driving violation based on logistic regression. Method: In this cohort study, 800 heavy truck and lorry drivers were recruited. Participants were selected from those individuals who refe...

Increased cost of tobacco cultivation is a major concern for its sustainable production in Iran. Therefore, the development of tobacco mechanized cultivation is a necessity. Given this, the driving and inhibiting factors of the development of mechanized tobacco cultivation were investigated by the Delphi technique in three rounds in Guilan Province, Iran. Nineteen experts from the Jahad Agricul...

The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) High-Fidelity Simulator, called HYSIM, was recently upgraded to better meet the needs of FHWA’s Human Centered Systems research program. The HYSIM is a fully interactive driving simulator used for human factors research in highway safety and highway operations. It provides a platform to study driver performance in a broad spectrum of driving situation...

Driving simulators are used in many domains such as driving psychology, ergonomics, training. To be the most realistic, a driving simulator needs both good quality of 3D visual rendering and good quality of the associated traffic simulation. This work takes place in the traffic simulation framework, more precisely on the moving level of the motorized two-wheels vehicles. Indeed, these users are...

Human factors are the most predominated factors in all systems where humans are part of the systems. Human traits and needs are the fundamental force underlying almost all phenomena in human task performances, engineering organizations, and socialization. This article explores the cognitive foundations of human traits and cognitive properties of human factors in engineering. A comprehensive set...