The papers contained in this publication are as follows: system approach for traffic safety and fundamental consideration as to psycho-social factors in traffic safety (boecher,w); the influence of drivers fatigue on road traffic accidents (leplat,j); what is the extent of the driving fatigue problem? (o'hanlon,jp). Fatigue in driving and accidents (naeaetanen,r and summala,h); the influence of driver fatigue on traffic accidents (forbes,tw); a psychologist's view of driving fatigue, its measurement and possible countermeasures (brown,id); psycho-biological aspects of fatigue (cullen,jh); drowsiness in driving (michon,ja and wertheim,ah); on the effects of prolonged night driving (riemersma,jbj and biesta,pw); visual input and driver's fatigue (rey,p); electrophysiological indicators of arousal in lorry drivers (lecret,f); is braking necessary? Use of electrodermal response for evaluation of highway design features (helander,m); endocrine factors and behaviour (darragh,a); possible pituitary-adrenal factors in attentive behaviour (crabbe,j and rigter,h); rating biological age (asiel,m); the working conditions of road transport drivers (hamelin,p); the medical research council/transport and road research laboratory study of the working conditions of heavy goods vehicle drivers (sandover,j); effects of prolonged driving on heavy goods vehicle driving performance (fuller,rgc); comments following a psycho-sociological study of the heavy goods vehicle driver trade (lille,f). For abstracts of the papers see B 15178 - 15197.
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