Driver Behaviour and Training (Human Factors in Road and Rail Transport) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754672034 ISBN 13: 9780754672036

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2008

Synopsis

Research on driver behaviour over the past two decades has clearly demonstrated that drivers' goals and motivations are important determinants of driver behaviour. The importance of this work is underlined by statistics: WHO figures show that road accidents are predicted to be the number three cause of death and injury by 2020 (currently more than 20 million deaths and injuries p.a.). The objective of the third volume, and of the conference on which it is based, is to describe and discuss recent advances in the study of driving behaviour and driver training. It bridges the gap between practitioners in road safety, and theoreticians investigating driving behaviour, from a number of different perspectives and related disciplines. A major focus is to consider how driver training and education needs to be adapted to raise awareness of the personal characteristics that contribute to unsafe driving behaviour with the aim of developing and reporting interventions to improve road safety. The contributors consider the novice driver problem, emotions and driver behaviour, at-work road safety, technological interventions, human factors and the road environment and rider behaviour. The readership for this volume includes researchers from a variety of different academic backgrounds, senior practitioners in road safety, including regulatory authorities, the police service, and private and public sector personnel working with drivers and motorcyclists.

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Review

'Excellently written, edited and presented, the text in this latest edition is easy to read with copious notes and references.' RoSpa Occupational Safety & Health Journal '... it is a "must read" for transport psychologists and those with a strong interest in the area...' HFES Newsletter 2, 2008 '... the publication of this research should be welcomed since it relates to a hazard that virtually everyone is exposed to and which, to date, hasn't had the attention from the health and safety community that it deserves.' Health & Safety at Work, 2008

About the Author

Lisa Dorn is Reader in Driver Behaviour and Training at the University of Cranfield, UK. She is Director of the Driving Research Group within the Department of Human Factors and Research Director for Alpha to Omega Motoring Ltd. Lisa is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chartered Psychologist, a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety and a member of the International Association of Applied Psychologists. After receiving her BSc in Human Psychology from the University of Aston in 1987, she went on to gain a PhD at Aston on Individual and Group Differences in Driver Behaviour. Lisa then held research positions at the Universities of Leicester and Birmingham in the UK before joining to Cranfield. She currently leads a team of Psychologists working with the private and public sector on research concerned with driver behaviour and training. Her work is supported by local and national government agencies and international companies. Lisa is an invited member of the Independent Police Complaints Commission's expert panel on police related road traffic incidents and advisor to the Home Office and the Association of Chief Police Officers. She is an invited member of the Home Office working party on the development of a police driving simulator.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0754672034
• ISBN 13: 9780754672036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 524
• Editor: Dorn Dr. Lisa