The role of vehicle characteristics in drivers perception of automobile velocity.

Author(s)
Matthews, M.L. & Cousins, L.R.
Year
Abstract

Velocity production in the absence of speedometer information is investigated as a function of car size. Experiments under normal and auditory attenuated conditions indicated greater production accuracy in small cars compared with large cars and a tendency for drivers of small cars to make greater use of auditory information.

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Library number
B 15466 (In: B 15462) /83.2/
Source

In: People on the move : proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors Society, Detroit, Michigan, October 16-19, 1978, p. 110-114, 1 tab., 3 graph., 10 ref.

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