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ACCIDENT RECORDS SHOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE DRIVERS. IT IS DESIRABLE TO DEVISE SOME METHOD TO DETERMINE WHAT DRIVERS ARE LIKELY TO HAVE ACCIDENTS. APPLICANTS FOR DRIVERS' LICENSES IN WASHINGTON ARE REQUIRED TO ANSWER ORALLY A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE REGULATIONS. RECENTLY, SOME 200 APPLICANTS WERE GIVEN AN ADDITIONAL WRITTEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST CONSISTING OF TWENTY-FOUR QUESTIONS AND A REACTION TIME TEST. THE APPLICANTS WERE GRADED AND THEIR RATINGS HAVE BEEN COMPARED WITH THEIR ACCIDENT RECORDS WITH INDICATIONS THAT IT CAN BE FORECAST WHICH DRIVERS WILL HAVE THE WORST ACCIDENT RECORDS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT APPLICANTS FOR LICENSES BE GIVEN A WRITTEN PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST, A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION, A DRIVING TEST, AND, IF ITS CAN BE DEVISED A TEST TO MEASURE EMOTIONAL STABILITY. /AUTHOR/

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1934

Highway Research Board Proceedings

Digital/other

Behavior; Drivers; Driving tests; High risk drivers; Physical condition; Psychology; Reaction time; Testing; Traffic crashes

Driver reaction; Motor vehicle accidents; Relationships

Highways; Safety and Human Factors

TRIS, TRB

Aug 23 1971 12:00AM

• ALCOHOL AND MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS
• AN EXPERIMENTAL ROAD OF CEMENT BOUND MACADAM
• ANALYSIS OF ROAD COST ON THE STATE HIGHWAYS OF WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS
• APPLICATION OF EQUATION FOR ANNUAL ROAD COSTS
• COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION BETWEEN TIRES AND ROAD SURFACES
• CRACK CONTROL IN CONCRETE BASES FOR SHEET ASPHALT PAVEMENT
• DETERMINATION OF TIME SAVED BY VEHICLES USING THE NEW JERSEY HIGH LEVEL VIADUCT
• FURTHER TRACTIVE RESISTANCE TESTS WITH A GAS ELECTRIC DRIVE AUTOMOBILE
• GRAVEL TYPE STABILIZED SURFACES FOR SECONDARY ROADS
• HIGHWAY LIGHTING RESEARCH
• INTANGIBLE ECONOMICS OF HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION
• LIQUID BITUMINOUS MATERIALS FOR PLANT MIXED SURFACES
• MAKING AND USING THE TRAFFIC CENSUS
• NOTES ON TRAFFIC SPEEDS
• PROGRESS REPORT ON THE REACTION OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE ON PORTLAND CEMENT
• REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE - TREATMENT OF ICY PAVEMENTS
• REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE ON ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT
• REPORT OF PROJECT COMMITTEE ON FILLERS AND CUSHION COURSES FOR BRICK AND BLOCK PAVEMENTS
• REPORT OF SUBCOMMITTEE ON MAINTENANCE OF CONCRETE PAVEMENT CRACKS AND EXPANSION JOINTS
• RULES OF THE ROAD IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
• SKIDDING CHARACTERISTICS OF ROAD SURFACES
• THE ECONOMY OF HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS
• THE EFFECT OF CONTROL METHODS ON TRAFFIC FLOW-TRAFFIC MOVEMENTS AT SEVENTEENTH STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
• THE ENGINEERING VALUATION OF HIGHWAY SYSTEMS - A PROBLEM IN PUBLIC UTILITIES VALUATION
• THE PHOTOGRAPHIC METHOD OF STUDYING TRAFFIC BEHAVIOR
• THE TAXATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN 1932
• WEATHERING TESTS ON CONCRETE