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The Effect of Visual Impairment on Driving Performance

Summary

This study investigates how visual impairment affects driving performance and whether this can be predicted by visual testing in a clinic. Visual impairment (cataracts, visual field restriction and monocular vision) was simulated for a group of young normal subjects. Driving performance was assessed (on a closed road circuit) by measuring peripheral awareness, manoeuvring, reversing, reaction times, speed estimation, road positioning and time to complete the course.

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General Licence Reports Summary 2016–2017

Category of TradeCargo DescriptionAggregated VolumeVolume/Amount Type
Container N/A 125,051 TEU
Dry Bulk Cement 1,515,080 MT
Dry Bulk Clinker 12,047 MT
Dry Bulk Coal 466,698 MT
Dry Bulk Dolomite 205,119 MT
Dry Bulk Gypsum 4

CR 144: Strategies to Combat Fatigue in the Long Distance Road Transport Industry: Stage 2 Evaluation of Alternative Work Practices (1995)

Summary

In this study measurements of a range of indicators of fatigue were collected on long distance truck drivers undertaking a 10-12 hour journey under different operational conditions. Measurements of cognitive performance, physiological state, vehicle control and subjective perceptions of fatigue were taken for a sample of 27 drivers on trips corresponding to staged driving, single driving and driving to a flexible schedule.

Trends in road fatalities

Summary

Looks at trends in road fatalities and fatality rates in Australia and the States and Territories.

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CR 155: Heavy Vehicle Crashes in Urban Areas (1995)

Summary

Research into the types, severity and causes of crashes involving heavy vehiclesin urban Australia was carried out and countermeasures were recommended to reduce the incidence and severity of such crashes. The project included literature review, mass data analysis, detailed post-crash analysis of fatal crashes, analysis of accident black spots and in-depth investigation. The study found significant deficiencies in driver, rider and pedestrian behaviour which directly relate to thecausation of severe crashes.

OR 13: FORS Serious Injury Database: 1992 Tabulations

Summary

This report represents a general set of tabulations for 1992 from the Serious Injury Database compiled by the Federal Office of Road Safety (FORS). More specific review of the 1992 police serious crash data will be provided within FORS’ annual statistical series Road Crashes Resulting in Hospitalisalion, together with analysis of hospital data for that year about road crash admissions.

Driving in unfamiliar surroundings part 1: international drivers

Summary

Considers issues surrounding fatal crashes involving foreign drivers in the years 1988, 1990 and 1992.

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Accredited Training Course for Road Safety Auditors: Guidelines for Preparing the Course

Summary

This document provides a framework for approved tertiary institutions or other providers to prepare their own course for training road safety auditors. It provides advice on prerequisites for participants, course format, course content and means of assessment. Participants who pass the assessment will be regarded as accredited road safety auditors.

CR 159: Community Attitudes to Road Survey: Community Attitudes Survey Wave 8 (1995)

Summary

1.1 Survey Methodology and Aim

This document reports the findings from a national survey of 1,244 people aged 15 years and over, conducted in May/June 1995. The survey is the eighth in a series of similar national studies conducted since October 1986 for the ATSB Road Safety, designed to monitor key community attitudes toward road safety issues.
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