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Hazard anticipation of young novice drivers - SWOV

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Questionnaire<br />

All participants had to complete a short questionnaire with questions about<br />

demographics, their driving experience and the quality <strong>of</strong> their eyesight. For<br />

the learner <strong>drivers</strong> (both <strong>young</strong> and old), experience meant the number <strong>of</strong><br />

hours behind the wheel when driving with a driving instructor. In contrast<br />

with many other countries, accompanied driving with for instance a parent<br />

in the learner phase (i.e. before having passed the driving test) was not<br />

possible in the Netherlands at the time the experiment was conducted. For<br />

the experienced <strong>drivers</strong>, experience meant the number <strong>of</strong> years in possession<br />

<strong>of</strong> the driving licence (more than 10) and the annual mileage in the past year<br />

(at least 15,000 km).<br />

Eye tracking<br />

The video clips and the photographs were displayed on a 17'' monitor (aspect<br />

ratio 4:3) with an integrated non-intrusive eye tracker and a data rate <strong>of</strong> 120<br />

Hz. This eye tracker was a Tobii T120. The resolution was set on 1024 × 768<br />

and both the video clips and the photos were presented full screen. The<br />

average distance from the eyes <strong>of</strong> the participants to the middle <strong>of</strong> the screen<br />

was approximately 60 cm, which provided them with a horizontal visual<br />

field <strong>of</strong> about 32°. See Figure 4.5 for an impression.<br />

Figure 4.5. Test setup with eye tracker.<br />

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