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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"driving skills"”.
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Effects of Focal on Driver Calibration of Attention Maintenance Performance Using Normalized Difference and Brier Scores
… attention to the forward roadway while driving. Additionally, drivers are poorly calibrated to their own abilities, often overestimating their driving skills. The current research examines the effect of FOCAL on a young driver’s calibration using two different measures, normalized …
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THE effects of ageing on driving related performance
… to one estimate, about 40 percent of the driving population will be over the age of 60<br/>by the year 2020 in the UK and currently, several hundred thousand drivers with dementia hold<br/>driving licenses. The number of motor vehicle crashes per unit distance of automobile travel …
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Effectiveness of an Emergency Vehicle Operations Course Component, Visual and Perceptual Skills: Analyzing Student Response to Searching, Identifying, Predicting, Deciding, and Executing Skills
… Course component of visual and perceptual skills can be measured by administering the Driver Performance Test prior to and after student participation. This study examined the population of the students who participated in the TRS 235: Emergency Vehicle Operations Course at Eastern Kentucky …
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Behavioural adaption of drivers of unequipped vehicles to short time headways observed in a vehicle platoon
… the introduction of semi- and fully-automated driving situations. As a consequence, a mixed traffic situation is likely to emerge where vehicles equipped with different degrees of automated systems will interact with unequipped vehicle drivers (UVDs). Platoons of vehicles comprise a vision for …
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High-speed lateral stability analysis of articulated heavy vehicles using driver-in-the-loop real time simulation
… performance of the vehicle and ignore the driving skills of the driver. This thesis attempts to examine the driver-MTAHV interactions and quantify driver skills for controlling a MTAHV as compared to a single unit vehicle. This thesis proposes a method for driver skill analysis via …
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Driving performance in mild dementia
The automobile driving performance of 18 mildly demented subjects was compared to that of 18 normal elderly and 18 mid-age controls. Driving tasks were grouped according to a three-level hierarchical model that characterizes driving as a problem solving skill involving (a) low-level vehicle control …
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Death by Design: An Examination of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Intercollegiate Athletic Department Transportation Policies
… many hazards still surround them and their driving skills. Finally, these institutions must look at revamping their transportation practices, policies and procedures to include NTSB recommendations and safety routines. With incorporating these policies the institutions will face less risk in …
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Awareness Of Deficit And Driving Simulator Performance After Stroke.
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>AWARENESS OF DEFICIT AND DRIVING SIMULATOR PERFORMANCE AFTER STROKE</p> <p>by</p> <p>CAROLYN A. SCOTT</p> <p>December 2010</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Lisa J. Rapport</p> <p>Major: Psychology (Clinical)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>Fifty-four stroke survivors completed a …
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The impact of alcohol-related risk-taking behaviour on younger driver deaths in the Western Cape Province: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Drunk driving is a public health threat, endangering the lives of all road users. Younger drivers are inclined to engage in risk-taking behaviour, such as drunk driving with BAC levels exceeding the legal limit. The prevalence of drunk driving in the country has increased among the youth, with …
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Einfluss von Diazepam auf die Leistungsfähigkeit : Metaanalyse experimenteller Studien an Patienten
… performance after treating with diazepam. Driving under influence of drugs is a topic which is not as good studied as driving under alcohol. My intention was to collect all studies systematically, to extract essential findings and results into fitting fields of a developed sheet and to …
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Investigation of Crashes Involving Vulnerable Roadway Users Utilizing Geographical Information Systems-Driven Spatio-Temporal Statistical Techniques
… of the adverse effects of daytime sun glare on driving performance and evaluation of the potential actions taken by vulnerable drivers under the direct influence of temporary blindness caused by sun glare, A spatial-temporal investigation of the crash density pattern during the COVID-19 …