The bus industry is plagued by high accident costs and risks of passenger injuries. A bus
simulator may offer a method of reducing accident rates by delivering targeted training
to bus drivers who are most at risk.
The first part of this thesis describes the design of the UK's first bus simulator, the
fidelity of which was based on a thorough analysis of bus crashes. The second part
describes the first studies in a multi-staged method to evaluate the training effectiveness
of the simulator: face validity, effects of bus driver experience and stress on simulated
performance and simulator sickness. This approach ensured that the ABS has a
reasonable level of fidelity, is capable of eliciting behaviourally valid responses from
bus drivers and is the first step is achieving training transfer effectiveness. The final
study investigated the occurrence of self-bias in bus drivers. The conclusions drove the
design of simulated scenarios to be used for bus driver training.
Keywords:
Bus, Simulator, Fidelity, Validity, Accidents, Driving, Stress, Training
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:CRANFIELD1/oai:dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk:1826/4469 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Muncie, Helen |
| Contributors | Dorn, Lisa |
| Publisher | Cranfield University |
| Source Sets | CRANFIELD1 |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or dissertation, Doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | © Cranfield University, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder. |
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