In 2006 it was the 50th anniversary of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) and 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of the journal Ergonomics. In celebration of both of the IAM and Ergonomics 50th anniversaries, a special issue of Ergonomics was commissioned on Driver Safety. The spirit of the special issue was to encourage researchers to submit papers that can help make driving safer, by informing vehicle and road environment design, law enforcement strategies, driver education programmes and road transportation policy. The special issue began with a Driver Safety conference run jointly between Brunel University and the IAM. In summary, the conference presented a wide range of topics related to driver safety, including crash asymmetry, road risk mapping, driver education and capability, driving skills, visual search and attention, speeding and headways. One of the big take-home messages from the conference was that driver training, education and coaching has a big part to play in improving safety on the roads. For articles that appeared in this issue see C C 40178, and C 40506 -
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