Design and Development of a Bus Simulator for Bus Driver

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dc.contributor.advisorDorn, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorMuncie, Helen
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-28T14:19:00Z
dc.date.available2010-06-28T14:19:00Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractThe 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, Trainingen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1826/4469
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCranfield Universityen_UK
dc.rights© Cranfield University, 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the copyright holder.en_UK
dc.subjectBusen_UK
dc.subjectSimulatoren_UK
dc.subjectFidelityen_UK
dc.subjectValidityen_UK
dc.subjectAccidentsen_UK
dc.subjectDrivingen_UK
dc.subjectStressen_UK
dc.subjectTrainingen_UK
dc.titleDesign and Development of a Bus Simulator for Bus Driveren_UK
dc.typeThesis or dissertationen_UK
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_UK
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_UK

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