TY - JOUR
T1 - A Test of the Tau-Dot Hypothesis of Braking Control in the Real World
AU - Rock, Paul
AU - Greville-Harris, Michael
AU - Yates, Tim
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33845646364&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1037/0096-1523.32.6.1479
DO - 10.1037/0096-1523.32.6.1479
M3 - Article
C2 - 17154786
SN - 1939-1277
VL - 32
SP - 1479
EP - 1484
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
IS - 6
ER -