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  • Evaluation of the effective...
    Yamani, Yusuke; Samuel, Siby; Knodler, Michael A.; Fisher, Donald L.

    Applied ergonomics, January 2016, 2016-Jan, 2016-01-00, 20160101, Letnik: 52
    Journal Article

    Training programs exist that prove effective at teaching novice drivers to anticipate latent hazards (RAPT), mitigate hazards (ACT) and maintain attention (FOCAL). The current study (a) measures the effectiveness of a novel integrated training program (SAFE-T) that takes only a third as long to complete compared to the three individual training programs and (b) determines if integrating the training of all the three higher cognitive skills would yield results comparable to the existing programs. Three groups were evaluated: SAFE-T, RAPT and Placebo. The results show that the drivers in the SAFE-T-trained group were more likely to anticipate hazards, quicker and more effective at responding to hazards, and more likely to maintain glance durations under a critical threshold of 2 s as compared to drivers in the Placebo-trained group who received a control program that does not actively train on any of the three cognitive skills. Moreover, the results show that the drivers in the SAFE-T trained group were just as likely to anticipate hazards as the drivers in the RAPT trained group. Finally, when compared with prior studies, the drivers in the SAFE-T trained group showed similar effects of attention maintenance training. •The current study measures the effectiveness of an integrated training program that takes only a third as long to complete compared to three individual training programs for hazard anticipation, hazard mitigation, and attention maintenance skills.•Drivers in the SAFE-T-trained group were more likely to anticipate hazards, quicker and more effective at responding to hazards, and more likely to keep glance durations under a critical threshold of 2 s as compared to drivers in the Placebo-trained group.•Drivers in the SAFE-T trained group showed the same effect of attention maintenance training as drivers who had been trained using FOCAL when compared with prior studies.