227-0311/03 – Human Factor in Traffic (LFD)
| Gurantor department | Department of Transport Constructions | Credits | 4 |
| Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Vladislav Křivda, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Choice-compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | English |
| Year of introduction | 2015/2016 | Year of cancellation | 2020/2021 |
| Intended for the faculties | FAST | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
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
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
At least 70% attendance at the exercises. Absence, up to a maximum of 30%, must be excused and the apology must be accepted by the teacher (the teacher decides to recognize the reason for the excuse). Tasks assigned on the exercises must be hand in within the dates set by the teacher.
Prerequisities
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
General Psychology
Introduction to Traffic Psychology
Factors influencing the behavior of road
Interaction pedestrian vs. car
Interaction walker vs. communications
Interaction versus vehicle communication
Effects of fatigue, monotony, risky behavior, agrasivita
Minimizing Risk
Sociology
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction
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