Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response, Third Edition
Eugene Farberhas been working  in the area of traffic safety, driver behavior and human factors since  1965. In January 1999 he retired from the Ford Motor Company after a career  of twenty-eight years and is now providing forensic consulting services in  traffic accident cases. At retirement he held a dual appointment in Ford's  Vehicle Safety Research Department and the Automotive Safety Office. His  most recent project at Ford was a study of the visual workload of drivers  using advanced car navigation systems. He also participated in the  Ford/GM/NHTSA Cooperative Research Program on Front Obstacle Warning  Systems. Earlier he was with the Safety Research Department at Ford where  he directed human factors and crash avoidance research in such areas as  driver vision, direct and indirect fields of view, lighting, vehicle  control and collision-countermeasure modeling. Until recently he chaired  the SAE Safety and Human Factors Committee and was active in international  standards activities. Before coming to Ford, Mr. Farber was at the Franklin  Institute Research Laboratories where he conducted studies for the Federal  Highway Administration on various topics, including highway lighting  systems, pavement friction requirements, and driver judgment and  decision-making in passing maneuvers on two-lane highways. He is the author  of over sixty research publications and presentations in automotive human  factors and traffic safety.Paul L. Olson, Ph.D., has enjoyed a long career in human factors since  receiving his Ph.D. in industrial psychology from Purdue University in  1959. He is a fellow of both the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society and  the American Psychological Association. He is also a recipient of the A.R.  Lauer Traffic Safety Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society  and the Ralph H. Isbrandt Automotive Safety Engineering Award from the  Society of Automotive Engineers.--This text refers to an alternateHardcoveredition.