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Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013
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Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013

by Martin Anderson
April 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
468 pages
13h 42m
English
Taylor & Francis
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PREFERRED OR ADOPTED TIME HEADWAY?
A DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY
Magali Gouy
1
, Cyriel Diels
2
, Nick Reed
1
,
Alan Stevens
1
& Gary Burnett
3
1
TRL, UK
2
Coventry School of Art and Design, UK
3
University of Nottingham, UK
The aim of this study was to disentangle two concepts that are
often confounded in driving and ergonomics research: preferred and
adopted time headway (THW). It is argued that preferred THW rep-
resents a range of THWs drivers feel safe and comfortable with. In
contrast, the adopted THW is the THW that drivers indeed adopt
in a certain driving situation, which depends on current situational
factors (e.g. visibility, other drivers, traffic flow). Situational ...
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ISBN: 9781138000421