HUMAN FACTORS AND HIGHWAY-ACCIDENT CAUSATION: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS.

Author(s)
Sivak, M.
Year
Abstract

TRADITIONAL CORRELATIONAL ANALYSES OF HUMAN SKILLS AND HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS HAVE NOT BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE. SOME OF THE LIKELY REASONS FOR THIS ARE DISCUSSED. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO ACCIDENT-CAUSATION RESEARCH IS OUTLINED IN WHICH THE IMPORTANCE OF A SKILL WITH GOOD FACE VALIDITY TO DRIVING IS ASSESSED IN TERMS OF ITS SENSITIVITY TO FREQUENTLY OCCURRING TRANSIENT HUMAN STATES SUCH AS FATIGUE, STRESS AND ALCOHOL INTOXICATION.(Author/publisher).

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Library number
I 257071 /83 / IRRD 257071
Source

Accident Analysis & Prevention. 1981 /06. 13(2) Pp61-4 (1 Figs.; 1 Tbls.; 16 Refs.)

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