Modelling driver behaviour : a pessimistic prediction ?

Author(s)
Summala, H.
Year
Abstract

The introduction of general speed limits resulted in a radical drop in road fatalities. The speed limits cut off possibilities to use road and vehicle improvements for faster driving and thus they started a favorable development in road safety. This paper first considers the change from skill models to motivational models for driver behavior; secondly it shows how the speed limits really changed the traffic safety trends; thirdly it considers basic mechanisms in driver behavior from the safety point of view; and fourthly it suggests directions for further work in improving road safety.

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B 28315 (In: B 28312) /82 /83 / IRRD 821339
Source

In: Human behaviour and traffic safety : proceedings of a General Motors Symposium on Human Behaviour and Traffic Safety, held at the General Motors Research Laboratories, September 23-25, 1984, p. 43-65, 64 ref.

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