CERAD EXAM 2/3 - Physiological and Psychological Factors Flashcards
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3 Most common causes of collisions?
- Driver Error or Reation Error
- Actions based on poor judgement
- Careless, Reckless or in a Hurry
Frequecy of Driver Error or Reation Error
3/4 Collisions
Frequency of Actions based on poor judgement
1/6 Collisions
Frequency of Careless, Reckless or in a Hurry
1/6 Collisions
Who is most likley to be involved in a collision?
Young and Young Male drivers
Those who driver for work
Frequency of Young Driver collisons
1/7 collisions and 1/6 fatal collisions despite holding 1/10 of licences
Frequnecy those who driver for work are involved in collisions
3/4 collisions involved someone who drivers for work
4 Levels of the driving task
- Human Factors that effect our driving
- Purpose and Context of the Journey
- Taffic Situations
- Vehicle and Vehicle control
Human Factors that can put your driving at risk (6)
- Distraction due to multi-tasking and in vehicle technology
- Driving Stress
- Operational Stressors
- Time pressures and the purpose of the journey
- Noble-cause risk taking
- Red Mist
Physiological Factors effeting driving (6)
Minor Illness
Medications
Residual Blood Alcohol
Low BG from hunger
Cyclical mood swings (men and women)
Life stress
Negative Implications of stress
- Impatients
- Introlerance
- Impulsivness
- Anger or Frustration
- Personalisation
Practical steps to combat stress (5)
- Adjust seat and steering well
- Use taught techniques to remain systematic
- Calm and Professional
- Learn techniques to switch off from stress
- Don’t dwell on previous mistakes
Define “Red-Mist”
Becoming emotional and pyschologically caught up in the incident you are travelling, diverting attention away from driving
4 ways of dealing with red-mist
- Dont get into personal conflict
- Be dispassionate and concentrate on driving
- Don’t focus on what might be at the scene
- Concentrate on Driving (talk hazards)
Define Alertness and its effect on driving
- Determines the amount of info your brain can process, depends on many factors but decreases with routine tasks (driving)
- Take active steps to remain alert
Tiredness Facts
- reactions slower in the morning
- Dip in alertness after Midday Meal
- The greates risk between 2300-0600
Practical Steps to Combat tiredness (6)
- Adjust your seat for good posture
- Take regular breaks (once every 2 hours)
- Cumulative caffine has reducing effects
- Plan breaks on long journeys
- Exercise prevents fatigue
I AM SAFE Checklist
I - Ilness
A - Attitude
M - Medications
S - Sleep
A - Alcohol
F - Food
E - Emotion
Driving Skills required by law (7)
- Multi-tasking
- Spread attention to address hazards systematically
- Situational Awareness
- Plan Actively and Quickle
- Anticipation
- Sound Judgements
- Alert to Hazards
Factors Influencial to Poor Driving Standard (7)
- Medical Conditions
- Stressful Situations
- Operational pressures
- Fatigue
- Traffic Situations
- Driving at Night
- Driving in challenging weather
Coping Stratergies (5)
- Emotion-focused coping
- Confrontive Coping
- Task-Focused Coping
- Avoidance Coping
- Reappraisal Coping
Define Emotion-focused coping
Self-critisism from the driver, may impair focus on driving through self-focus
Define Cofrontive Coping
Driving challenge through Self-assertation and conflict, a dangerous mechanism
Define task focused coping
Active attempts to change external enviroment by a driver response e.g. slowing down. A good technique
