In this paper the authors analyze the interaction of road-safety and human factors to identify personality, attitude, ability and reliability of a driver. By psychology methods, the construction process of driver personality has been investigated by the study of processes of perception, learning and memory. Since from personality derives the driver performance, is possible to detect behaviours that tend to result in decreasing driving risk. In this way the authors provide useful indications for design of safe roads and he concludes that during the road design and management is very important the presence of a new rule, the psychologist.
Traffic psychology and driver behavior / Bucchi A.; Sangiorgi C.; Vignali V.. - In: PROCEDIA: SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. - ISSN 1877-0428. - ELETTRONICO. - 53:(2012), pp. 973-980. (Intervento presentato al convegno 5th International Congress SIIV tenutosi a Roma nel 29-31/10/2012) [10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.09.946].
Traffic psychology and driver behavior
BUCCHI, ALBERTO;SANGIORGI, CESARE;VIGNALI, VALERIA
2012
Abstract
In this paper the authors analyze the interaction of road-safety and human factors to identify personality, attitude, ability and reliability of a driver. By psychology methods, the construction process of driver personality has been investigated by the study of processes of perception, learning and memory. Since from personality derives the driver performance, is possible to detect behaviours that tend to result in decreasing driving risk. In this way the authors provide useful indications for design of safe roads and he concludes that during the road design and management is very important the presence of a new rule, the psychologist.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
