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Author:   Mark Sullman ,  Lisa Dorn
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.453kg
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9781138072978

ISBN 10:   1138072974
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   31 March 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents: Preface; Part I Driver Personality, Emotions and Stress: Driven by anger: the causes and consequences of anger during virtual journeys, Amanda N. Stephens and John A. Groeger; Urban and rural differences in attitudes related to risky driving behaviour: the role of sensation seeking and risk perception, Matthew Coogan, Sonja Forward, Jean-Pascal Assailly and Thomas Adler; Executive function development and stress effects on driving performance: preliminary findings from a young adult sample, Melanie J. White, Ross McD. Young and Andry Rakotonirainy; Effects of sadness on driver's behaviour: an empirical study using emotional induction and a driving simulator, Christelle Pêcher, Céline Lemercier and Jean-Marie Cellier. Part II Driver Distraction and Inattention: A roadside survey of driving distractions in Austria, Mark Sullman and Max Metzger; Personality and demographic predictors of aggressive and distracted driving, Harold Stanislaw; Impact of inattention provoked by sadness on older drivers' behaviour, Céline Lemercier and Christelle Pêcher; Distracting effects of radio news and the effects on train operator performance, Masayoshi Shigemori, Ayanori Sato, Yusuke Shinpo and Nobuo Ohta. Part III Vulnerable Road Users: Typical human errors in traffic accidents involving powered two-wheelers, Magali Jaffard and Pierre van Elslande; Applicability of learner driver research to learner motorcyclists, Narelle Haworth and Peter Rowden; Influence of cognitive bias on young cyclists' road crossing intentions at non-signalized intersections, Yasunori Kinosada and Shinnosuke Usui. Part IV Hazard Perception and Risk: Driver fatigue: the perils of vehicle automation, Gerald Matthews, Catherine E. Neubauer, Dyani J. Saxby and Lisa K. Langheim; Knowledge of traffic hazards - does it make a difference for safety?, Anders af WÃ¥hlberg and Lisa Dorn; The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) and speeding behaviour of young drivers, Catherine Ferguson, Lynne Cohen, Julie Ann Pooley and Andrew Guilfoyle; Older drivers' hazard perception performance, Tania Dukic, Emelie Eriksson and Fridulv Sagberg; Predicting traffic accident rates: human values add predictive power to age and gender, Ivars Austers, Viesturs Renge and Inese Muzikante; Examining the evidence that drugs impair driving: some recent findings from the Drugs and Driving Research Unit (DDRU) at Swinburne University, Con Stough, Rebecca King, Luke Downey and Edward Ogden; Effects of snowfall on seat-belt use, Özlem Simsekoglu and Timo Lajunen; Differences in driving behaviours between elderly drivers and middle-aged drivers at intersections, Nozomi Renge, MasahiroTada, Kazumi Renge and Shinnosuke Usui; Older drivers' reasons for continuing to drive, Tsuneo Matsuura. Part V Driver Behaviour and Driving Simulation: A tandem model of proceduralization (automaticity) in driving, Samuel G. Charlton and Nicola J. Starkey; Road-rail level crossings: expectations and behaviour, Jessica Edquist, Christina M. Rudin-Brown and Michael Lenné; Stochastic changes in driver reaction time with arousal state, Takahiro Yoshioka, Shuji Mori, Yuji Matsuki and Osamu Uekusa. Part VI Technology in Vehicles and User Acceptance: Using local road features and participatory design for self-explaining roads, Samuel G. Charlton; Behavioural adaptation as a consequence of extended use of low-speed backing aids, Christina M. Rudin-Brown, Peter C. Burns, Lisa Hagen, Shelley Roberts and Andrea Scipione; Enhancing sustainability of electric vehicles: a field study approach to understanding user acceptance and behaviour, Thomas Franke, Franziska Bühler, Peter Cocron, Isabel Neumann and Josef F. Krems; Index.

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Dr Mark Sullman is a Senior Lecturer at Cranfield University. He is European Representative of Division 13 (Traffic and Transportation Psychology) of the International Association of Applied Psychology and is on the Editorial Advisory Board for Traffic and Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. His current areas of interest include driving anger, driver distraction and safety culture. Dr Lisa Dorn is Director of the Driving Research Group at Cranfield University. She is President-Elect of the International Association of Applied Psychology: Traffic and Transportation Psychology Division and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and Chartered Psychologist. Dr Dorn has published a number of journal papers on driver behaviour, driver stress and risk and is a regular contributor to the public debate at major conferences. Currently, Dr Dorn is working with global organisations to improve driver education and training.

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