Evidence for Drivers

The effect of tire grip on learning driving skill and driving style: A driving simulator study

Simulator trial examining the effects of degrading performance (in this case reduced tyre grip) during training on later retention.

Author(s): De Groot, S., Centeno Ricote, F., & De Winter, J. C. F.

Published: Transportation research part F: traffic psychology and behaviour, 15(4), 413-426, 2012
Date: 01 Feb 2014
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The effect of text messaging on driver behaviour: a simulator study

Simulator study of driver performance was recorded when sending and receiving text messages.

Author(s): Reed, N., & Robbins, R.

Published: TRL Published Project Report PPR 367, 2008
Date: 28 Mar 2015
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The effect of stress and personality on dangerous driving behaviour among Chinese drivers

Driver survey to investigate the link between global stress and dangerous driving behaviour.

Author(s): Ge, W. Qu, C. Jiang, F. Du, X. Sun and K. Zhang

Published: Accident Analysis & Prevention, December 2014
Date: 02 Jun 2017
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The effect of simulated cataracts on drivers' hazard perception ability

Assessment of the extent to which simulated cataracts slow a driver's ability to anticipate potential traffic hazards.

Author(s): Marrington SA, Horswill MS and Wood JM

Published: Optom. Vis. Sci. 85(12), 2008
Date: 26 Jun 2013
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The Effect of Presbyopic Vision Corrections on Nighttime Driving Performance

Assessment of the effect of various presbyopic vision corrections on night-time driving performance on a closed-road driving circuit.

Author(s): Chu, Byoung S., Wood, Joanne M., & Collins, Michael J.

Published: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 51(9), 2010
Date: 26 Jun 2013
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The effect of partial sleep deprivation on computer-based measures of fitness to drive

A study to investigate the sensitivity of a computer-based test battery of fitness to drive to detect impairments related to sleepiness.

Author(s): F. A. Schwarz, P. Geisler, G. Hajak, J. Zulley, R. Rupprecht, T. C. Wetter and R. F. J. Popp

Published: Sleep and Breathing, March 2016
Date: 02 Jun 2017
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The effect of age, gender and attitudes on self-regulation in driving

Questionnaire survey of self-regulation behaviours adopted by different demographic groups of drivers.

Author(s): Gwyther, H., & Holland, C.

Published: Accident Analysis & Prevention, 45, 19-28, 2012
Date: 04 Feb 2014
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The Drink/Drive Rehabilitation Scheme: Evaluation and Monitoring

To evaluate the drink rive rehabilitation (DDR) scheme.

Author(s): L. R. Smith, G. Buckle, M. Keigan, S. Buttress, and J. Stone

Published: TRL report TRL 613, 2004
Date: 28 Mar 2013
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The Development of Children’s and Young People’s Attitudes to Driving: A Critical Review of the Literature

To provide a critical review of the literature on the development of children and young people’s attitudes to driving and being a car passenger.

Author(s): K Durkin, A Tolmie

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Web Publication No. 18, 2010, September
Date: 03 Apr 2012
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The cumulative cost of additional wakefulness: dose-response effects on neurobehavioral functions and sleep physiology from chronic sleep restriction and total sleep deprivation

Chronic sleep restriction experiment randomised to one of three sleep doses (4 hour, 6 hour, or 8 hour time in bed per night), which were maintained for 14 consecutive days.

Author(s): Van Dongen, H.P.A., Maislin, G., MA, M.S., Mullington, J.M. & Dinges, D.F.

Published: SLEEP 2003;2:117-126. (2003)
Date: 28 Dec 2013
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