Designing Safe Road Systems : a Human Factors Perspective.
The central theme of this book is how design principles can reduce the probability of an error while driving. The authors demonstrate how knowledge of human factors helps a road authority to better understand how road users behave. They argue that in many cases the design of the environment can be f...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Farnham :
Ashgate Publishing Ltd,
2012.
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| Series: | Human factors in road and rail transport.
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Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | The central theme of this book is how design principles can reduce the probability of an error while driving. The authors demonstrate how knowledge of human factors helps a road authority to better understand how road users behave. They argue that in many cases the design of the environment can be further adjusted to human capabilities, and that safety should be considered a system property to be built into the road system. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (190 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781409443896 1409443892 9781409443889 1409443884 9781315576732 1315576732 9781280877056 1280877057 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |