System definition report for the National Driver Register Design Study. Interim report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Programs, Washington, D.C.

Driver licensing: a bibliography.

Mode of access: Internet.

A study of hands-off driver license enforcement through rapid communications. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Training program for driver licensing screening for medical impairment. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A comparison of drug use in driver fatalities and similarly exposed drivers. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation and correlation of driver/vehicle data. Volume I: summary report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Evaluation and correlation of driver/vehicle data. Volume III: literature survey.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A study of administrative hearings conducted by state driver licensing agencies. Volume I. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A study of administrative hearings conducted by state driver licensing agencies. Volume II - appendices. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

An analysis of driver diagnosis and referral activity. Final report.

Alcohol Safety Action Project--Puerto Rico, San Juan

Training of driver licensing administrative hearing officers. Final technical report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Estimating the effects of the crash-phase FMVSS on driver fatality risk in two-car collisions. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

The review and assessment of designated driver programs as an alcohol countermeasure approach. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Investigation of driver reactions to tread separation scenarios in the National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS).

Decreasing vehicle understeer was strongly associated with the likelihood of control loss following both the unexpected and expected tire failures. Knowledge of the imminent tread separation reduced the overall probability of control loss from 55% to 20% and had a significant effect on how quickly drivers responded as well as on the nature of their initial responses (i.e., steering orbraking). Driver age was marginally associated with increased likelihood of vehicle control loss, but only on unexpected trials. Vehicle speed at the time of first steering input also contributed to the probability of control loss. Neither the location of the tire that failed (left rear vs. right rear) nor the specific instructions about how best to respond to the tread separation influenced the probability of control loss. Differences associated with vehicle understeer conditions observed in the present study were large and consistent, independent of driver expectations and across driver age groups. It is thus fair to conclude that in the event of a complete rear-tire detread, the increased difficulty in vehicle handling and the associated increased likelihood of loss of vehicle control with decreasing vehicle understeer generalize to real-world driving.

Human factors aspects of the transfer of control from the automated highway system to the driver /

"July 1995."