This volume presents a balanced and representative overview of the
major developments and trends in Traffic and Transport
Psychology.
Traffic and Transport Psychology covers and enormously diverse
field with many different theoretical and methodological
approaches. 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 presents
arguments for integrated models, for alternative paradigms and for
a blatant atheoretical approach to driver behaviour. In addition,
two chapters are devoted to novel methodological approaches to
studying driver behaviour.
In the second part, driver performance is the central issue,
centred around three themes: perception, cognition and
workload.
The third part deals with social factors. It reflects the
considerable development that has been made in recent years in the
area of attitude measurment and the effect of attitude components
and factors reflecting individual differences such as
sensation-seeking on driver behaviour and, in particular, on
drivers' willingness to take risks and commit traffic law
violations.
In the last part, current developments are discussed in relation
to applications to enhance safety.
Above all, this volume reflects the enormous growth and
development that has occurred in Traffic and Transport Psychology
in recent years. While it has been repeatedly demonstrated that the
driver is the critical link in accident causation, it is only
recently that this is translated, at least in some countries, into
an awareness that effective accident countermeasures can no longer
ignore theperceptual and cognitive capabilities, attitudes and
social fators that govern driver behaviour. It is hoped that the
contents of this book will contribute to a more humane traffic and
transport system.
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