About the Book
This book considers how driver training needs to be adapted in order to raise awareness of how human factors contribute to unsafe driving behaviour. It promotes the development of driver education that considers all the skills that are essential for road safety.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: New Thinking in Driver Behaviour and Education 1. Driver Research Myths 2. Recent Findings on Risky Acts in Adolescence: Implications for Understanding European Drivers 3. A Comparison of Inexperienced and Experienced Drivers’ Cognitive and Physiological Response to Hazards 4. Development of the Driver Performance Assessment: Informing Learner Drivers of their Driving Progress 5. How Can Reflecting Teams Contribute to Enhanced Driving Teacher Learning? Part 2: Driver Personality and Driver Offending 6. Understanding the Unique Contribution of Aversion to Risk-Taking in Predicting Drivers’ Self-Reported Speeding 7. Young Drivers: Investigating the Link between Impulsivity and Problem Driver Status 8. Relationships between Driving Style, Self-reported Driving Behaviour and Personality 9. Public Perception of Risk of Being Caught Committing Traffic Offences 10. Rear Seatbelt Wearing in Malaysia: Public Awareness and Practice 11. The Continuous Evaluation of Driver Rehabilitation Programmes in Austria 12. Perceptions of the Spanish Penalty Point Law Part 3: Powered Two-wheeler Behaviour 13. The Role of the Psychologist in a Moped Rider Training Programme 14. Interim Evaluation of the UK’s National RIDE Scheme 15. Encouraging Rider Behaviour Change by Using Respected Communicators 16. The Motorcycle Rider Behaviour Questionnaire (MRBQ) and Commercial Motorcycle Riders in Nigeria Part 4: At Work Road Safety 17. Contemporary Behavioural Influences in an Organisational Setting and Implications for Intervention Development 18. A Review of the Effectiveness of Occupational Road Safety Initiatives 19. Developing Risk-assessment Tools for Fleet Settings: Where to from Here? 20. From Research to Commercial Fuel Efficiency Training for Truck Drivers using TruckSim 21. The Utility of Psychometric Testing for Predicting Bus Driver Behaviour 22. Identification of Barriers to and Facilitators for the Implementation of Occupational Road Safety Initiatives Part 5: Human Factors and Driver Attention 23. An Observational Survey of Driving Distractions in England 24. Calibration of an Eye-tracking System for Variable Message Signs Validation 25. Visual Behaviour of Car Drivers in Road Traffic 26. Icons for Actions in a Driving Simulator 27. Contributory Factors for Incidents Involving Local and Non-local Road Users 28. Severity of Injury Outcomes for Older Drivers Involved in Intersection Crashes
About the Author :
Dr Lisa Dorn is Reader in Driver Behaviour, at Cranfield University. She is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist and European Representative of the International Association of Applied Psychology: Traffic and Transportation Psychology Division. She has served on the Independent Police Complaints Commission's expert panel investigating police related road traffic incidents and advisor to the Association of Chief Police Officers. She has received the International Prince Michael Award for Road Safety for research and the Knowledge Transfer Programme's 'Best Application of Social or Management Science' in collaboration with Arriva Bus UK. Dr Dorn has published widely and is a regular contributor to the public debate on her main research interests: driver behaviour and educational interventions. Her work has been supported by government agencies, research councils and the private sector. A.E. af Wahlberg, Divera Twisk, Willem Vlakveld, Steve W. Kelly, Neale Kinnear, James Thomson, Steve Stradling, Erik Roelofs, Marieke van Onna, Jan Visser, Hilde Kjelsrud, M. Anthony Machin, Janna E. Plint, Fearghal O'Brien, Simon Dunne, Michael Gormley, S.M. Skippon, N. Reed, T. Luke, R. Robbins, M. Chattington, A.H. Harrison, Isah Noradrenalina, M. Maslina, L.S. Kee, ,Norlen Mohamed, Muhammad Fadhli Mohd Yussoff, Julia Bardodej, Franz Nechtelberger, Martin Nechtelberger, ,Maria Eugenia Gras, Silvia Font-Mayolas, Mark J.M. Sullman, Monica Cunill, Montserrat Planes, Patricia Antonio, Manuel Matos, Cris Burgess, Paul Broughton, Fiona Fylan, Sandy Allan, Linda Walker, Oluwadiya Kehinde Sunday, Ladoke Akintola, Bevan Rowland, Jeremy Davey, James Freeman, Darren Wishart, Tamara Banks, Herbert Biggs, Mark King, Stephanie Cynk, Andrew M. Parkes, Wendy Lord, Joerg Prieler, Mark J.M. Sullman, M. Claudia Guattari, Maria Rosaria De Blasiis, Alessandro Calvi, Andrea Benedetto, Carmen Kettwich, St
