Components of driving skill: experience does not mean expertise

Duncan, John S.; Williams, Paige; Brown, I. D.

doi:10.1080/00140139108964835

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“…Some components of driving are a good example of this process; gear changing is considered to be an automated task (Baddeley, 2006;Michon, 1985). For a novice driver, gear changing is slower than for expert drivers (Duncan, Williams and Brown, 1991) and becomes automated after sufficient practice. Even after such practice, however, Shinar, Meir and Ben Shoham, (1998) report that there is still a cognitive cost in the process of changing gear manually.…”

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Drivers’ ability to learn eco-driving skills; effects on fuel efficient and safe driving behaviour

Jamson

Hibberd

Jamson

2015

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

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Whilst driving is inherently a safety critical task, awareness of fuel efficient driving techniques has gained popularity in both the public and commercial domains. Green driving, whether motivated by financial or environmental savings, has the potential to reduce the production of greenhouse gases by a significant amount. This paper focusses on the interaction between the driver and their vehicle -what type of eco driving information is easy to use and learn whilst not compromising safety. A simulator study evaluated both visual and haptic eco driving feedback systems in the context of hill driving. The ability of drivers to accurately follow the advice, as well as their propensity to prioritise it over safe driving was investigated. We found that any type of eco driving advice improved performance and whilst continuous real time visual feedback proved to be the most effective, this modality obviously reduces attention to the forward view and increases subjective workload. On the other hand, the haptic force system had little effect on reported workload, but was less effective that the visual system. A compromise may be a hybrid system that adapts to drivers' performance on an on going basis.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drivers’ ability to learn eco-driving skills; effects on fuel efficient and safe driving behaviour

Jamson

Hibberd

Jamson

2015

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

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“…However, as several studies have demonstrated, experience and training do not always have a positive impact on safety (e.g. Duncan et al, 1991;Gregersen, 1996;Katila et al, 2004). Thus one is left with ambiguity as to the relevance of specific group differences to safety, especially when direct measures of safety such as actual or virtual collisions are so few.…”

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“…In perhaps the most pertinent study, Duncan, Williams and Brown (1991) compared novice drivers' on-road performance with that of a group of experienced drivers and a group of advanced drivers who had undertaken an advanced driver training course with the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM): a UK charity focussed on improving road safety. They identified a number of tasks where novices appeared to perform better than the experienced drivers, including mirror checks, appropriate visual checks at roundabouts, and appropriate braking on approach to a junction.…”

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“…Following from Duncan et al's (1991) study of car drivers, we anticipated that mere motorcycling experience in itself might not be beneficial on all measures, though advanced training should show a more consistent advantage. Specifically we predict that safety-related measures of speed, braking and lane position may actually be more prevalent in novice and advanced riders, than in riders who merely have experience to support the development and maintenance of skills.…”

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The role of experience and advanced training on performance in a motorcycle simulator

Crundall¹,

Stedmon²,

Crundall³

et al. 2014

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Motorcyclists are over-represented in collision statistics. While many collisions may be the direct fault of another road user, a considerable number of fatalities and injuries are due to the actions of the rider. While increased riding experience may improve skills, advanced training courses may be required to evoke the safest riding behaviours. The current research assessed the impact of experience and advanced training on rider behaviour using a motorcycle simulator. Novice riders, experienced riders and riders with advanced training traversed a virtual world through varying speed limits and roadways of different curvature. Speed and lane position were monitored. In a comparison of 60 mph and 40 mph zones, advanced riders rode more slowly in the 40 mph zones, and had greater variation in lane position than the other two groups. In the 60 mph zones, both advanced and experienced riders had greater lane variation than novices. Across the whole ride, novices tended to position themselves closer to the kerb. In a second analysis across four classifications of curvature (straight, slight, medium, tight) advanced and experienced riders varied their lateral position more so than novices, though advanced riders had greater variation in lane position than even experienced riders in some conditions. The results suggest that experience and advanced training lead to changes in behaviour compared to novice riders which can be interpreted as having a potentially positive impact on road safety.3

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“…Such countermeasures have been incorporated into graduated licensing schemes (GLSs) which are intended to provide new drivers with the opportunity to gain driving experience under conditions that minimise exposure to risk, with the rationale that experience increases pro®ciency, and pro®ciency reduces the crash rate (Haworth, 1994). Whilst this rationale is appealing, Duncan, Williams and Brown (1991) have shown that it may be¯awed. Duncan et al assessed the driving skill of novices, experienced drivers and trained experts.…”

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A comparison of South Australia's driver licensing methods: competency-based training vs. practical examination

Roach

Taylor

Dawson

1999

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Components of driving skill: experience does not mean expertise

Cited by 100 publications

References 7 publications

Drivers’ ability to learn eco-driving skills; effects on fuel efficient and safe driving behaviour

Drivers’ ability to learn eco-driving skills; effects on fuel efficient and safe driving behaviour

The role of experience and advanced training on performance in a motorcycle simulator

A comparison of South Australia's driver licensing methods: competency-based training vs. practical examination

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