227-0311 – Human Factor in Traffic (LFD)
Gurantor department | Department of Transport Constructions |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The goal is to become familiar with factors influencing the travel behavior of users, interaction with the vehicle and the other participants. Students will be acquainted with the possibilities to minimize risks.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Individual consultations
Tutorials
Summary
The course is focused on detailed description of the factors influencing the transport behavior on the part of the individual himself, his interaction with the vehicle, other participants in traffic and the traffic environment overall. In addition, they discussed various specific categories, such as sources of human error in the traffic environment, the effects of fatigue, monotony, risky behavior, aggression etc.
Students get an overview of the human factors in transport and the possibilities of minimizing risks in the design of the traffic environment through a maximum tune to the needs of the user. Students will learn the fundamentals of sociology, which affect the operation and function of the body of the city.
Compulsory literature:
- Groeger, J.A. Understanding Driving: Applying Cognitive Psychology to a Complex Everyday Task. Psychology Press, New York, NY. 2000
- Eysenck, M., W., Keane, M. Kognitivní psychologie, Academia, Praha, 2000
Recommended literature:
- Wickens, Ch., D., Hollands, J., G. Engineering psychology and human performance (third edition), Prentice Hall, London. 2000
- Strauch, B. Investigating human error: Incidents, accidents and complex systems, Asghate, UK. 2004
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.