This issue of Current Topics includes over 80 abstracts of reports, conference papers, books and journal articles which focus on the training, testing and licensing of drivers, in the United Kingdom and abroad. Topics include driver training for all types of vehicle, as well as specialist courses, for example on hazard perception, rehabilitation courses for traffic offender, company driver training for cars, buses, lorries, courses for the Police, for advanced drivers, for skid training etc. Also included are abstracts on the use of the simulator for driver training, and the psychology of driving. These items have been selected from the material added to the Transport Research Laboratory's Library Database between 1995 and 1998. Much of the relevant English language published literature from the UK, USA, Australia and Europe is included; some of the non-UK literature is included courtesy of the OECD International Road Research Documentation (IRRD) database.
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