Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response, Fourth Edition - Tapa dura

Krauss, David A.; Olson, Paul L.

9781936360338: Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response, Fourth Edition

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ISBN 10: 1936360330 ISBN 13: 9781936360338

Editorial: LAWYERS & JUDGES PUB, 2015

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This brand new fourth edition of Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response contains invaluable new information you need to know about driver perception and response and related human factors and design issues.This text contains the most current information available in the area of driver perception and perception-response time. All existing chapters have been expanded, providing in-depth coverage of areas such as light reflecting surfaces, visibility enhancing materials, driver age, gender and experience, fatigue, reaction time, speed perception and vehicle size, vehicle lighting and marking, glare, roadway design and the driver, work zones, railroad grade crossings, roadway signage, weather and driving and driver distraction. Additionally, a new chapter has been added covering the proliferation of in-vehicle technology and its relationship to the driver.If you work with driver perception and response cases in any capacity, this book is an invaluable addition to your reference library.

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Paul L. Olson, Ph.D., has enjoyed a long career in human factors since receiving his Ph.D. in industrial psychology from Purdue University in 1959. He is a fellow of both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the American Psychological Association. He is also a recipient of the A.R. Lauer Traffic Safety Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Paul L. Olson, Ph.D., has enjoyed a long career in human factors since receiving his Ph.D. in industrial psychology from Purdue University in 1959. He is a fellow of both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the American Psychological Association. He is also a recipient of the A.R. Lauer Traffic Safety Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and the Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award from the Society of Automotive Engineers.

Robert Dewar, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. in Psychology in 1965. He taught Psychology at the University of Calgary from 1965 to 1990. He is now President of his own consulting firm, Western Ergonomics, Inc., specializing in driver behavior and traffic safety. He has presented several workshops on human factors in traffic safety for traffic engineers, police, driver educators and traffic safety experts. He is co-author, with Paul L. Olson, of the Second Edition of Human Factors in Traffic Safety, published by Lawyers & Judges Publishing. He has conducted a number of road safety audits and investigated and acted as an expert witness on a variety of traffic accidents involving automobiles, trains, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles and pedestrians. He is recipient of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's A. R. Lauer Award for outstanding contributions to the understanding of human factors aspects of highway safety and driver education.

Eugene Farber (d. 2006) had worked in the area of traffic safety, driver behavior and human factors since 1965, up until his death in 2006. In January 1999 he retired from the Ford Motor Company after a career of 28 years and thereafter provided forensic consulting services in traffic accident cases. His last project at Ford was a study of the visual workload of drivers using advanced car navigation systems. Earlier he was with the Safety Research Department at Ford where he directed human factors and crash avoidance research. He chaired the SAE Safety and Human Factors Committee and Franklin Institute Research Laboratories where he conducted studies for the Federal Highway Administration on various topics.

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