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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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194 A. Williamson et al.
Drivers who experienced high levels of sleepiness, higher likelihood of falling
asleep and of crashing were more likely to crash. Most significantly, for the aims of
this study, the results showed that drivers who rated the likelihood of falling asleep
in the next few minutes as very likely, likely or even possible were more than four
times more likely to crash. This shows that drivers are clearly aware of increasing
experiences relating to fatigue and sleepiness and are able to detect when these
experiences might lead to falling asleep. The fact that drivers are aware of these
changes makes it possible for them to respond earlier to avoid adverse road safety
consequences of crashing.
In order to find out how drivers were feeling ...
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ISBN: 9781138000421