Driver’s License and Some Personal Factors on the Visual Impact of Hazard Identification

The ability to identify hazards correctly is essential for safe driving. The purpose of this study is to analyze the driving licenses and personality factors on the impact of hazard identification. Twenty-five participants from Xi’an, China participated in the experiment and finished the simulated driving tasks as well personality factor tests (16PF scale related to personality factors). The Pearson correlation between simulated driving performance (dangerous scene recognition rate, dangerous scene identification time, scanning frequency and scanning angle) and 16PF scale score was calculated to obtain a consistent relationship between simulated driving task performance and 16PF scale scores. In the dangerous scene identification, the drivers with no license, high pressure, low stability and constancy often have low dangerous scene recognition rate and Hysteretic identification time. The results provide the basis of driver’s driving licenses and some personality factors effect in hazard identification, and explain the important effects of driving visual training and personality factors on safe driving.