A test of the tau-dot hypothesis of braking control in the real world.
A controlled experiment used instrumented vehicles in a real-world driving task to compare D. N. Lee's (1976) tau-dot hypothesis of braking control with an alternative based on the direct estimation and control of ideal deceleration (T. Yates, M. Harris, & P. Rock, 2004). Drivers braked to stop as closely as possible to a visual target from different starting speeds and times-to-contact. The data provided little support for the tau-dot hypothesis, and analysis suggested that braking in the real world is better explained by a direct deceleration strategy.
Rock
Paul B
PB
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom. p.b.rock@bham.ac.uk
Harris
Mike G
MG
Yates
Tim
T
D000054:Acceleration; D001334:Automobile Driving; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013028:Space Perception; D006113:United Kingdom; D014796:Visual Perception