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A RESEARCH PROGRAM IS OUTLINED AND RESULTS OBTAINED FROM PRELIMINARY DATA ANALYSES ARE PRESENTED. THE RESEARCH PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE WHETHER RELATIONSHIPS CAN BE FOUND BETWEEN HOW WELL A PERSON SEES AND HOW WELL HE DRIVES AS REFLECTED IN HIS DRIVING RECORD. VOLUNTARY TEST SUBJECTS WERE SELECTED FROM DRIVER LICENSE APPLICANTS IN CALIFORNIA TO MEASURE VISUAL PERFORMANCE AND OBTAIN PERSONAL AND DRIVING INFORMATION. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, THE INSURANCE RECORD FOR EACH APPLICANT WAS LOCATED AND EXAMINED. THE ACCUMULATED INFORMATION WAS CODED, PLACED ON IBM PUNCH CARDS, AND PROCESSED WITH AN IBM 7094 COMPUTER. RESULTS OF THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSES SHOW' /1/ THERE IS EVIDENCE SUGGESTING A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GOOD DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY AND GOOD DRIVING RECORD, /2/ EVIDENCE INDICATES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN DRIVING RECORD BETWEEN VOLUNTEER SUBJECTS AND DRIVERS WHO REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STUDY, THE LATTER HAVING A POORER RECORD, /3/ THE ANALYSES SHOW A DEFINITE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERFORMANCE ON THE DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY TEST AND SEX, AGE, AND STATIC ACUITY. PERFORMANCE ON THE TEST IS POORER FOR FEMALES THAN FOR MALES, BECOMES GRADUALLY POORER WITH INCREASING AGE, AND IS SIGNIFICANTLY CORRELATED WITH STATIC VISUAL ACUITY. THE MAJOR IMPORTANCE OF FINDING THAT DYNAMIC VISUAL ACUITY IS RELATED TO AGE AND SEX IS THAT IT SUGGESTS THE POSSIBLE NEED FOR DIFFERENTIAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR DIFFERENT AGE- SEX CATEGORIES IN THE EVENT A DYNAMIC TEST IS EVER INCORPORATED INTO THE LICENSING PROCEDURE.

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Age; Computers; Driver performance; Drivers; Driving; Dynamic tests; Gender; Measurement; Personnel performance; Punched cards; Records management; Research; Static tests; Test drivers; Vision; Vision tests; Visual perception

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• ATTITUDES OF DRIVERS TOWARD ALTERNATIVE HIGHWAYS AND THEIR RELATION TO ROUTE CHOICE
• Changes in Driver Performance With Time in Driving
• EFFECTS OF FATIGUE ON PERFORMANCE IN A DRIVING DEVICE
• EXPERIMENTAL ISOLATION OF THE DRIVERS VISUAL INPUT
• VELOCITY THRESHOLDS IN CAR-FOLLOWING AT NIGHT
• WRONG-WAY DRIVING: OFF-RAMP STUDIES