Title

Looming Detection Among Drivers Of Different Ages

Abstract

Rear-end collisions make up about 25 percent of all automobile crashes, 27 percent of crashes resulting in injuries, and 5 percent of all fatal car crashes in the U.S. We believe that one factor in these crashes is that some people are less able to detect when they are closing in on another car, and that this ability can be measured. Thirty participants in three age groups participated in this study. Testing included the detection of size change (looming), estimation of change in looming, manual lateral tracking, synthetic tail-following, and low-fidelity driving. Participants' visual and cognitive abilities were also tested. Results indicated that the looming detection task possessed a respectable amount of retest reliability and yielded a measure that provided stable data after one session. The results further indicated that the loom tests showed minimal relationships with other temporal visual functions, indicating that looming detection is a separate function. Finally, a clear relationship between age and looming detection was shown, but neither gender nor handedness appeared to have an effect.

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Number of Pages

240-244

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/154193120104500309

Socpus ID

0442310983 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0442310983

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