Hazard anticipation of young novice drivers - SWOV

• Did you have moments that you thought: “Whew, I hope that this will
not happen”? If so, what was it that you worried about?
• Were there moments that the developing situation could have ended in
a crash? If so, describe this development?
Participants were also requested to talk aloud about things that drew their
attention while they watched the videos. What participants said during the
presentation of the video clips and the verbal responses on the questions
after each video clip, were recorded. While participants watched the video
clips, their gaze directions and fixations were recorded (see the subsection
about eye tracking equipment in this section).
The risk assessment and action selection task
To test the emotional and motivational aspect of hazard anticipation, a task
was developed in which participants were shown static traffic situations. The
task consisted of twenty-five photographs that were presented on a
computer screen. All photographs were taken from the driver's perspective.
Part of the dashboard was visible at the bottom of each photograph. On this
dashboard the current speed (in km/h) was indicated. In none of the
photographs the presented speed exceeded the maximum speed limit. The
presented speeds were not unrealistically low for the situation in general
either (i.e. when the hazard was not considered). In the rear-view mirror in
each photograph, participants could see what the road and traffic situation
was from behind. For an example of a photograph, see Figure 4.4.
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