The University of Sunderland, UK; Lancaster University, UK.
J Safety Res. 2013 Jun;45:111-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jsr.2013.01.004. Epub 2013 Feb 26.
Older drivers and young novice drivers have problems negotiating road junctions. Explanations for problems largely focus on limitations in visual information processing and observation errors associated with age and experience.
Gaze transitions provide information on the positional relationship of fixations, providing a useful tool for highlighting gaps in driver's visual information acquisition strategies. The gaze transitions of three driver groups (young novice, young experienced, and older experienced) were compared during gap selection in right turn junction negotiation manoeuvres.
When scanning the junction, young experienced drivers distributed their gaze more evenly across all areas, whereas older and novice drivers made more sweeping transitions, bypassing adjacent areas. The use of a preview strategy in the decision phase was less evident in the older experienced group compared to the younger groups.
The application of results to driver training interventions and future research are discussed.
年长的驾驶员和年轻的新手驾驶员在通过道路交叉口时都存在问题。对于这些问题的解释主要集中在视觉信息处理能力的局限性和与年龄和经验相关的观察错误上。
注视转移提供了注视点之间位置关系的信息，为突出驾驶员视觉信息获取策略中的差距提供了有用的工具。在右转路口转弯操纵过程中进行间隙选择时，比较了三组驾驶员（年轻新手、年轻有经验和年长有经验）的注视转移。
在扫描交叉口时，年轻有经验的驾驶员更均匀地分布他们的注视点在所有区域，而年长和新手驾驶员的注视转移幅度更大，忽略了相邻区域。与年轻组相比，年长有经验组在决策阶段使用预视策略的情况不太明显。
讨论了将研究结果应用于驾驶员培训干预和未来研究的情况。
