Driver Training

Research from the aviation industry has demonstrated that a cognitive training method, termed episodic training, can improve pilots' risk management in a simulated environment. Drawing from this research, experiment 1 aimed to investigate whether episodic training could produce similar improvements in motorists' risk management behaviour, namely in the area of speeding. The results revealed that episodic training was an effective method to reduce young novice drivers' tendency to speed in a simulated driving environment.

Road related fatalities are a global problem. In New South Wales, Australia, excess speed is thought to be one of the leading contributing factors for fatal motor vehicle crashes. Speed management remains an elusive skill for many young drivers. Using lessons learnt from aviation and road domains in Australia, the present research aimed to develop a new practical approach to improve young drivers' speed management behaviour.

This dissertation investigates the human factors influencing driver behaviour and traffic law enforcement in Jordan. The research was carried out using two separate survey studies that aimed to determine the factors that are significantly associated with receiving traffic fines and being involved in crashes and to investigate the perceptions of drivers and traffic Police concerning traffic law enforcement and driver behaviour. A total of 501 drivers and 180 Police officers were surveyed.