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The Perception & Action Podcast

29 –Risk Perception & Tolerance in Driving/Glare & Sports

Jun 7, 2016
26:36

How good are drivers at detecting the risks and dangers that lurk around the corner? What is the best way to assess this ability?  Do people actually want some risk when driving?  Is the desire for risk going to counteract our efforts to making make the road safer through interventions?

-How does glare effect sports performance and do products like eye black actually work? (Time 22:03).

Articles/Books/Links:

Understanding Driving

Flashbulb memories

Visual search of driving situations: Danger and experience Drivers' hazard perception ability: Situation awareness on the road Can a video-based hazard perception test used for driver licensing predict crash involvement? A Theory of Risk Homeostasis: Implications for Safety and Health

A driving-simulator test of Wilde's risk homeostasis theory

Risk homeostasis theory: Problems of the past and promises for the future

Lost in the Lights: The Effects of Glare on Catching Performance

 

Hazard Perception Test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIx_u9IQFVM

 

More information:

http://perceptionaction.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

 

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

Raindogg – Risky Business

Tom Drexl – Memory

Matt Kurz One – Set of Wheels

Paul Collins Beat – Many Roads to Follow

Gentleman Jesse – If I Can See You

The Brought Low – Black River

via freemusicarchive.org and jamendo.com

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