TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - The "field of safe travel" revisited: interpreting driving behaviour performance through a holistic approach
JO  - Transport reviews
A1  - Papakostopoulos, Vassilis
A1  - Marmaras, Nicolas
A1  - Nathanael, Dimitris
SP  - 695
EP  - 714
VL  - 37
IS  - 6
N2  - The present paper proposes a conceptual framework for the driver's visual-spatial perceptual processes. Based on a theoretical analysis of driving proposed by Gibson and Crooks [(1938). A theoretical field-analysis of automobile-driving. The American Journal of Psychology, 51, 453-471. doi:10.2307/1416145], the developed field of safe travel (FoST) framework suggests that at any moment the driver constructs a "field" by integrating two perceptual entities: (i) the possible available spatial fields for locomotion and (ii) the driver's mental image of ego-vehicle outer-line and motion dynamics. This framework is used to reinterpret in a unified way a number of disparate research findings reported in the literature concerning specific driving sub-tasks (e.g. lane keeping and car following). It is argued that the FoST framework may be used to predict drivers' behaviour in various traffic/situation environments based on their prioritisation between the above two perceptual entities. Implications of the proposed framework at a theoretical and practical level, in view of the future of driving with multiple levels of automation, are also discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0144-1647
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2017.1289992
ID  - ref1
ER  -