Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

ASSESSMENT OF VISUAL TRAITS OF HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS IN INDIA

Chakrabarty Neelima, Velmurugan. S, Gupta Kamini, Rikku Reetesh, Shatakshi Shriya

Abstract :

 Inappropriate driving behaviour is considered to be one of the major causes of road crashes in India as compared to 

defective geometric design of pavement or mechanical defects in the vehicles. More than 65 % of road crashes on Indian 
roads are caused due to the fault of the road users apart from the other factors such as faulty road design, poor road 
maintenance and vehicle conditions account for the remaining share of road fatalities. Considering the increasing trend of road crash scenario in 
India occurring due to road users fault, as a starting point, it was felt prudent to assess the visual abilities of the heavy vehicle drivers. 
Objective : The objective of this study was to assess the visual traits of the heavy vehicle drivers. 
Methodology: In this study 535 heavy vehicle commercial drivers were selected across different age groups. During the study different 
psychophysical vision related tests were conducted e.g. (visual acuity, night vision test and glare recovery test).
Conclusions: The study highlights that all drivers performed drastically poor in all visual tests. Among the vision tests over fifty drivers performed 
“Below Average” in glare test. While over fourteen percent drivers performed “Below Average” and eleven percent drivers performed “Poor” in 
Visual Acuity Test which highlights that the drivers are drastically poor in Visual Capacity.
 Recommendations : On the basis of this study recommends to carry out special screening and training of the goods vehicle drivers and special 
screening and training of the all commercial and Good vehicle drivers in India .

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Chakrabarty Neelima, Velmurugan. S, Gupta Kamini, Rikku Reetesh, Shatakshi Shriya ASSESSMENT OF VISUAL TRAITS OF HEAVY VEHICLE DRIVERS IN INDIA Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 4, Issue: 4 April 2015


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