Traffic and Road Safety (TARS) Research Group

Current (2009) and recent students (2007-2008)

Current PhDs: 

Diane Thomson
Human visual perception in navigation.

Sasha Boer
An investigation into the factors affecting perceptual stability during pursuit eye movement.

Dennis De Jong
New Zealand roads. For New Zealanders, by New Zealanders.

Fan Zhang
Distance estimation from image motion.
 

Current Masters:

Ray Watson
Influence of gradient and viewing height on driver perception - curvilinear heading accuracy and steering performance.

Helen Clark
Eye movement behavior and perception of acceleration changes at T-intersections.

Kirstyn Rawley
The effect of age on the ability to compensate for eye movements.

Tian du Tois
Depth extraction from moving image sequences.

James Moleni
Age, executive functions and attitudes to risk.
 

Recently completed Masters:

Amy Williamson (2008)
Effect of video-based road commentary training on the hazard perception skills of teenage novice drivers.

Mark Gordon (2007)
Evaluating the Balloon Analgue Risk Task (BART) as a predictor of risk taking in adolescent and adult male drivers.