227-0311 – Human Factor in Traffic (LFD)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Transport Constructions
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduate
Subject version
Version codeYear of introductionYear of cancellationCredits
227-0311/01 2011/2012 2020/2021 4
227-0311/02 2015/2016 2020/2021 4
227-0311/03 2015/2016 2020/2021 4
227-0311/04 2011/2012 2020/2021 3

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

Subject codeAbbreviationTitleRequirement
227-0302 MDPr Traffic Flow Modelling Compulsory

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.