TechBriefs
Young Drivers and Highway Design and Operations: Findings and Recommended Research
FHWA-RD-01-120
This document highlights the findings of a project designed to investigate the safety problems of young drivers in relation to
highway design and operations. Understanding the influence of design and operations on the driving performance of young
drivers would support the development of safety countermeasures. This document also provides recommendations for future
research.
www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/01-120.pdf
Technical Reports
An Investigation of Older Driver Freeway Needs and Capabilities (Summary Report)
FHWA-RD-98-162
This report identifies the problems older drivers experience on freeways and recommends further research to make freeway
driving more compatible with the needs and capabilities of older drivers.
www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/98-162.pdf
Development of Countermeasures for Driver Maneuver Errors
FHWA-RD-00-022
This report describes a project that studied misperceptions of the time available or time required for various driving
maneuvers under a range of conditions. In the laboratory experiment, research participants viewed video scenes of a wide
variety of situations. A parallel on-the-road experiment, using similar procedures and a subset of the laboratory situations,
was used to validate the laboratory findings. The study found a general tendency for people to underestimate the time
required to complete a maneuver.
www.fhwa.dot.gov/tfhrc/safety/pubs/00022/intro.htm
Driving Performance After an Extended Period of Travel on an Automated Highway System
FHWA-RD-98-051
This report is part of a series exploring human factors issues related to automated highway systems. Its purpose is to
determine whether driving performance is affected by extended travel under automated control at a velocity higher than
the speed limit and closer to the vehicles ahead than usual.
www.ntis.gov, PB98-156904
Guidelines and Recommendations to Accommodate Older Drivers and Pedestrians
FHWA-RD-01-051
This report presents updated guidelines and recommendations on accommodating older drivers and pedestrians. It incorporates new research findings, technical developments, and extensive feedback from State, county, and municipal engineers who
reviewed and applied recommendations from the 1998 publication on the same topic.
www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/01105/01-051.pdf
Highway Design Handbook for Older Drivers and Pedestrians
FHWA-RD-01-103
This report provides an updated, revised, and expanded scope of the Older Driver Highway Design Handbook published by
the Federal Highway Administration in 1998. The document incorporates new research findings and technical developments;
extensive feedback from State, county, and municipal engineers who reviewed and applied recommendations from the earlier
version of the handbook; and recommendations with supporting background material for roundabouts and highway-rail
grade crossings, two elements not covered in the 1998 publication.
www.ntis.gov and www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/01103/coverfront.htm
Human Factors Design Guidelines For Advanced Traveler Information Systems and Commercial
Vehicle Operations
FHWA-RD-98-057
This handbook summarizes human engineering data, guidelines, and principles for use by creative designers, engineers, and human factors practitioners during the advanced traveler information systems design process.
PDC Phone: 301-577-0818, Fax: 301-577-1421, report.center@fhwa.dot.gov
Identification and Evaluation of Driver Errors: Overview Recommendations
FHWA-RD-02-068
This report analyzes the development of driver error taxonomies, determination of the causes of the identified errors, and
collection of data to support the use of these taxonomies in the study of incidents and crashes. It also presents recommendations
for improving traffic control devices, roadway delineations, and crash reporting forms based on the study findings.
In-Vehicle Information Systems Behavioral Model and Design Support: Final Report
FHWA-RD-00-135
This report was produced as part of a contract to develop an in-vehicle information systems behavioral model and design
support system. The final report describes the model, how it was developed, and its supporting research and rationale.
The software program resulting from this effort will help designers develop in-vehicle information system user interfaces
that demand less of the driver's attention.
www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/00-135.pdf
In-Vehicle Information Systems Behavioral Model and Design Support: IVIS Demand Prototype
Software User's Manual
FHWA-RD-00-136
This user's manual was produced as part of a contract to develop an in-vehicle information systems behavioral model and
design support system. The manual describes the purpose of the model and how to use it to predict attention demand. The
software program resulting from this effort will help designers develop in-vehicle information system user interfaces that
demand less of the driver's attention.
www.tfhrc.gov/humanfac/00-136.pdf
Using an Automated Speed, Steering, and Gap Control System and a Collision Warning System
When Driving in Clear Visibility and in Fog
FHWA-RD-98-050
This report analyzes the effect on driving performance of using a speed, steering, and gap control system and a collision
warning system. The experiment was conducted in the Iowa Driving Simulator.
www.ntis.gov, PB2000-104191
