Week 8

Question 1

What is the psychology of driving classified as?

Answer 1

a topic in applied
cognition or human factors – it is the interplay between pure and
applied psychology

Question 2

How many percentage of road deaths occur globally ?

Answer 2

92% of traffic deaths in low and middle income countries

Question 3

Why is it often more difficult to cross roads in low and middle income countries?

Answer 3

Roads are multi purpose

Question 4

How many road deaths are there globally each year?

Answer 4

1.24 million

Question 5

What will this rise to be 2020 without action?

Answer 5

1.9 million

Question 6

How many people in accidents become injured or disabled?

Answer 6

20-50 million

Question 7

What number cause of death is it in the world and what will it rise to?

Answer 7

8th and rise to 3rd by 2020

Question 8

What number cause of death is driving among 15-29 year olds?

Answer 8

1

Question 9

What is the cost of road traffic crashes?

Answer 9

675 billion

Question 10

By the year 2020, what percentage will road fatalities increase to in low income counties and decline by in high income countries?

Answer 10

80% increase and decrease 30%

Question 11

What nation’s fatalities will grow by 144%?

Answer 11

south east asia

Question 12

How much are the NSW road toll statistics up this year?

Answer 12

14%

Question 13

What generations are dying on the roads?

Answer 13

1- Generation x
2- Baby boomers
3- Generation Y

Question 14

Why do road crashes happen?

Answer 14

Road user, road environment and vehicle

Question 15

What percentage of fatalies can we put down to speed?

Answer 15

40%

Question 16

What was reason’s taxonomy of errors?

Answer 16

unsafe acts
Then divided into unintended actions and intended actions

Unintended actions go into slip and lapse

Intended action goes into mistake and violation

Question 17

How many drivers globally that die are young adults between 15-44?

Answer 17

50%

Question 18

What is the part of the brain not developed enough for driving?

Answer 18

Dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex

Question 19

How likely are drivers under the age of 21 to have a crash?

Answer 19

3 times more likely.

Question 20

Why are older drivers at risk?

Answer 20

Fragile
Vision
Cognition
Motor functions

Question 21

What does a BAC level of 0.05-0.1 do to your chances of having a crash?

Answer 21

double it

Question 22

What are the two low points in the day for having a fatique related crash

Answer 22

2 am and 2pm

Older drivers 10pm

Question 23

If you are driving at 65 kms an hour, how much of the risk is increased than driving at 60?

Answer 23

x2

Question 24

What are the 3 major types of attention to consider for attention?

Answer 24

1- effort or arousal
2- capacity or resources
3- selective attention.

Question 25

Why is distraction bad?

Answer 25

Causes tunnel vision

Question 26

What happens when driving in the rain?

Answer 26

Effects light sources so it reduces illumination on road ahead. When light strikes raindrops, only some of it passes thrugh, so it blocks some light.

Question 27

What happens when you drive in fog?

Answer 27

Makes the lowered contrast making objects appear to be moving mor slowly than they are

Question 28

Over a 55 year history, how many accidents will a driver have?

Answer 28

1 casualty accident and 4 property damage only crashes

Question 29

How do we change driver behaviour?

Answer 29

3 e approach- enforcement, education and engineering