Verma, Ashish and Chakrabarty, Neelima and Velmurugan, S and Bhat, Prithvi B and Kumar, Dinesh HD and Nishanthi, B (2016) Assessment of driver vision functions in relation to their crash involvement in India. In: CURRENT SCIENCE, 110 (6). pp. 1063-1072.
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Abstract
Among the human factors that influence safe driving, visual skills of the driver can be considered fundamental. This study mainly focuses on investigating the effect of visual functions of drivers in India on their road crash involvement. Experiments were conducted to assess vision functions of Indian licensed drivers belonging to various organizations, age groups and driving experience. The test results were further related to the crash involvement histories of drivers through statistical tools. A generalized linear model was developed to ascertain the influence of these traits on propensity of crash involvement. Among the sampled drivers, colour vision, vertical field of vision, depth perception, contrast sensitivity, acuity and phoria were found to influence their crash involvement rates. In India, there are no efficient standards and testing methods to assess the visual capabilities of drivers during their licensing process and this study highlights the need for the same.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | CURRENT SCIENCE |
| Publisher: | INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES |
| Additional Information: | Copy right for this article belongs to the INDIAN ACAD SCIENCES, C V RAMAN AVENUE, SADASHIVANAGAR, P B #8005, BANGALORE 560 080, INDIA |
| Keywords: | Crash involvement; driver licensing; generalized linear modelling; visual functions |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Center for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2016 05:30 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2016 05:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/53682 |
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