Auto Driver Fitness: An Evaluation of Useful Criteria

Abstract

In order to assess factors that might affect the fitness of automobile drivers, the drivers of an amateur sports car racing club were studied. Physical, psychological, ophthalmological, and reaction-time testing was carried out and compared with drivers' records of deportment during races and accidents. Of the 4 types of procedure used in this study, psychological testing had the most value in differentiating between safe and unsafe drivers.