Traffic and transport psychology : theory and application / edited by Talib Rothengatter and Enrique Carbonell Vaya.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About the authors -- Preface -- Psychology, Traffic and Transport -- 1. Transportation and society -- 2. How traffic and transport systems can benefit from psychology -- 3. Transport psychology and transport in Europe: A general overview -- Models and Theories -- 4. Do we need traffic psychology models? -- 5. Hierarchical model of behavioural adaptation and traffic accidents -- 6. The psychology of theories and a theory of psychology -- 7. Errors and violations as factors in accident causation -- 8. Accident liability - the human perspective -- 9. Paradigms of practice beyond traffic safety theories and models -- 10. Traffic safety and the new research paradigm in human sciences -- 11. Theories and models in traffic psychology - a contrary view -- Driver Performance and Workload -- 12. Time-to-collision judgements: Visual and spatio-temporal factors -- 13. Detection times of a leading's vehicle motion: Effects of driving speed and road layout -- 14. Concurrent verbalisation during drivers' visual search and hazard perception -- 15. Automaticity and driving: time to change gear? -- 16. When expectancies become certainties: A potential adverse effect of experience -- 17. On the measurement of driver workload -- 18. Subjective evaluation of the mental workload in the driving context -- 19. Contribution of observation and verbal report techniques to an analysis of road situations and drivers' activity -- 20. Scenario modelling tools for driving simulation experiments -- 21. Development of an unobtrusively instrumented field research vehicle for objective assessments of driving performance -- The Driver Environment: Intelligent Transport Systems -- 22. Drivers' visual search of in-vehicle informatic devices -- 23. Visual allocation and the availability of driver information -- 24. Acceptance of driver state monitoring systems: Individual differences in subjective fatigue -- 25. Modelling changes in driving behaviour: On the effects of Autonomous Intelligent Cruise Control -- Individual Differences in Driver Risk Taking and Motivation -- 26. Estimating accident liability -- 27. Sensation-seeking and risky driving -- 28. Risk taking in simulated environments: Evidence relevant to risk homeostasis theory -- 29. Effects of driving experience, personality and driver's skill and safety orientation on speed regulation and accidents -- 30. Self-reported driving habits are valid predictors of violations and accidents -- 31. Control motivation and driving experience among young drivers -- 32. A comprehensive questionnaire measure of driver stress and affect -- 33. The role of motivation in fatigue-related decrements in simulated driving performance -- 34. Mood and driving: Is there an effect of affect? -- 35. Different emotional responses in novice and professional drivers -- Driver Attitudes -- 36. Measuring driver attitudes using the theory of Planned Behaviour -- 37. Extending the theory of planned behaviour: The role of personal norm, instrumental beliefs and affective beliefs in predicting driving violations -- 38. An alternative methodological approach to assess some of the hypotheses of the Theory of Reasoned Action when applying to drinking-driving intentions -- 39. The role of subjective norm in predicting the intention to commit traffic violations -- 40. The role of perceived risk of detection -- Driver Information and Training -- 41. Reinforcing safer car driving -- 42. Educational intervention for older drivers: targeting participants -- 43. Practising from the age of 16, some evaluation results from Swedish driver training -- Selection and Rehabilitation -- 44. The role of driver selection, improvement and rehabilitation in the field of traffic psychology -- 45. Validation of the German system of diagnosis and rehabilitation for traffic offenders -- 46. Validity of medical screening as a tool for selecting older drivers -- Mobility And Car Usage -- 47. Mobility and car dependence -- 48. The role of problem awareness in willingness-to-change car use and in evaluating relevant policy measures -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

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