Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate use patterns among early adopters of adaptive cruise control (ACC). Background: Extended use of ACC may influence a driver's behavior in the long term, which can have unintended safety consequences. Method: The authors examined the use of a motion-based simulator by 24 participants (15 males and 9 females). Cluster analysis was performed...

The relationship between stress and road safety has been studied for many years, but the effect of global stress and its joint effect with personality on driving behavior have received little attention in previous studies. This study aimed to elucidate the impact of global stress and various personality traits on driving behavior. 242 drivers completed the Perceived Stress Scale-10 (PSS-10), th...

Adolescence is a risky business. Despite outstanding physical health, the risk of injury or death during adolescence is 2-3 times that of childhood. The primary cause of this increase in morbidity and mortality is heightened risky behavior including drinking, driving, drug-taking, smoking, and unprotected sex. Why is it that some adolescents take big risks, while others do not? One potential so...

The driving license sanctions young drivers for their learning of driving procedures but does not address how to contextualize them in effective practices. Our work aims to provide drivers with a support for improving their situation awareness and to help drivers to minimize their risky behaviors by simulation of other people's errors. The simulator is designed in three steps, namely, the makin...

Road crashes continue to be a leading cause of death globally, with most these reportedly occurring due human factors. Traditional road safety assessment utilises geometric and traffic parameters that consider design inadequacies identify conflicts. However, previous studies do not represent risky driving behavior its influence on crash occurrence. Incorporating factors into evaluation is cruci...

OBJECTIVE Teenage drivers diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at significant risk for negative driving outcomes related to morbidity and mortality. However, there are few viable psychosocial treatments for teens with ADHD and none focus on the key functional area of driving. The Supporting the Effective Entry to the Roadway (STEER) program was evaluated in a clini...

The causes of traffic crashes are complex and uncertain, among which the risky driving behaviors drivers types road sections in high-crash areas all critical influencing factors. We used ArcGIS software to draw heat maps under different thresholds prevent occurrence accurately effectively according vehicle GPS data urban expressways Jinan City, Shandong Province. This paper studied relationship...

It has been shown repeatedly that adolescents are over-represented in crashes among all classes of road user, compared with other age groups. Causation of this overrepresentation is complex, with many different factors implicated from both basic and applied research perspectives. Ultimately, applications of theories of human behaviour must guide road safety studies of road user behaviour, and a...