Drivers in fog tend to maintain short headways, but the reasons behind this phenomenon are not well understood. This study evaluated the effect of headway on lateral control and feeling of risk in both foggy and clear conditions. Twenty-seven participants completed four sessions in a driving simulator: clear automated (CA), clear manual (CM), fog automated (FA) and fog manual (FM). In CM and FM...

The present study was designed to investigate the brain functional architecture that subserves visuo-spatial and motor processing in highly skilled individuals. By using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we measured brain activity while eleven Formula racing-car drivers and eleven 'naïve' volunteers performed a motor reaction and a visuo-spatial task. Tasks were set at a relatively ...

There is continuing public debate in Australia and overseas about the value of training for car drivers as a means of improving driver behaviour and reducing road crash involvement. This document provides an up-to-date summary of scientifically-based Australian and international research about the effectiveness of driver training programs for: ■ learner drivers, ■ young/recently licensed driver...

Tailgating is often implicated as a leading contributor to rear-end collisions but this behaviour is difficult to remediate because drivers are poor at estimating their own headway. Our first goal was to compare novice and fully licensed drivers as they applied existing headway interventions in a driving simulator. Our second goal was to develop an automated, reward-based approach to encourage ...

It is known that car drivers tilt their head toward the center of a curve. In addition, drivers are generally less susceptible to carsickness than are the passengers. This paper uses a mathematical model to investigate the effect of the head-tilt strategy on motion sickness. It is shown that tilting the head in the centripetal direction reduces the estimated motion sickness incidence (MSI), def...

A significant portion of the observed variability in roadway performance can be due to the difference and innate heterogeneity in drivers’ behaviour. Analytical models, stated preference data collection and studies, and laboratory-based simulator experiments are developed to understand the driver behaviour for years. However, little has been done to fill the important gap between the survey/lab...