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Designing Safe Road Systems - A Human Factors Perspective (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Designing Safe Road Systems - A Human Factors Perspective (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport
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Many books focus on individual differences and how those relate to
traffic safety such as accident proneness, gender differences, age,
alcohol, and the effects of drugs. Others focus on the safety
effects regarding the vehicle such as airbags, anti-lock brakes,
navigation systems, intelligent cruise control and other new
gadgets coming to the vehicle. Even though these topics are
undoubtedly important for traffic safety, this book takes a unique
approach as it focuses solely on the road environment. Designing
Safe Road Systems provides the background for those who want to
know more about the effects of road design on driving behaviour. It
uses a systems approach to allow a better understanding of why and
in what circumstances drivers may commit errors. This understanding
will ultimately lead to road systems that prevent (fatal) errors
from occurring. The book contains an overview of the current models
and theories about human performance and human behaviour in traffic
that are relevant for all those involved in designing safe road
systems. The central theme of this book is how design principles
can reduce the probability of an error while driving. The authors
demonstrate how knowledge of human factors helps a road authority
to better understand how road users behave. They argue that in many
cases the design of the environment can be further adjusted to
human capabilities, and that safety should be considered a system
property to be built into the road system.
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