Traffic and transport psychology : theory and application : proceedings of the international conference on traffic and transport psychology, Valencia, Spain, May, 22-25, 1996.

This book contains a selection of papers originally presented at the International Conference of Traffic and Transport Psychology held in Valencia, Spain in May 1996. Driver behaviour theories are, as yet, fragmented. Some theories focus on performance aspects, some on risk management, and some on the social context. The first part of the book contains these different approaches and presents arguments for integrated models, for alternative paradigms and for a totally atheoretical approach to driver behaviour. In the second part, driver performance is considered, centered around three themes, perception, cognition and workload. The third part deals with social factors, including the role of emotion and motivation in risk and decision making. In the last part, current developments are discussed in relation to applications to enhance safety. For the abstracts of two of the papers presented at the conference see C 11272 - 11319.