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Founded 1982

 

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Toronto ON
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Lab and Field Studies of Operator Performance

We have extensive experience carrying out experiments to examine operator behaviour under a wide variety of conditions:

  • Information processing and task workload
  • Visual performance
  • Shiftwork, vigilance and fatigue
  • Driver distraction
  • Sign design and wayfinding
  • Symbol and sign message comprehension
  • Effects of alcohol and drugs

Sample Related Projects:

Grand River Transit

  • Assessment of Traffic Safety in Relation to Making Manual Stop Announcements

Transportation Development Centre (Transport Canada)

  • Effects of a Fatigue Management Program on Fatigue in the Commercial Motor Carrier Industry
  • Arctic Marine Navigation

Toronto Western Hospital

  • Effects of Short-Acting Anaesthetics on Driving Simulator Performance

Insurance Bureau of Canada

  • The Effects of Cellular Phone Use on Novice and Experienced Driver Performance

Parks Canada

  • Laboratory Testing of Layout Alternatives Prior to Implementation of New Signing System

Toronto Transportation

  • Driver Response to Toronto Street Name Signs: An On-Road Study

Sothern California Research Institute

  • Measurement of the Effects of Alcohol, Drugs and Other Stressors on Driving Performance