The driver's response: Do not think about the seconds down!

Driver's license issued to all who passed their standards in a driving school. Issues and requirements for all the same, until the crust cherished future, motorists are approximately equal to each other. And already getting on the road with your own car, everyone starts to behave differently. One reason, apart from psychological characteristics, is a driver's reaction to changes in traffic conditions. Driver's reaction time includes the time interval from the appearance of a signal to change the road traffic conditions (auditory, visual) before the return of sitting while driving (braking, turning etc.). The reaction of the driver is divided into simple and complex: the first includes the manipulation of response to one stimulus (turning, braking riding in the front car), and the second - a reaction to several stimuli (unregulated intersection). With the help of studies have found that the response of the driver's braking riding in the front car with the running of stop signals are formed on average 0.42 seconds, at traffic lights in the village - 0.4 seconds, on road signs - 0.5 seconds on uneven surface of the roadway - 0,8 seconds. Depending on the psychology of the driver's reaction to the changing situation on the road with a subsequent inhibition ranging from 0.5 to 2 seconds. Men react by pressing the brake pedal on average 0.57 seconds, and women - for 0.62 seconds. Only 2% of drivers react to the braking signal for 0.37 seconds, 50% - 0.61 seconds and the remaining 48% - of 0.78 seconds. This suggests that men react to the situation faster than those who exercise regularly and people are reacting more quickly than those who are far from the sport. Specificity of the profession, too, affects a driver's reaction - the reaction of taxi drivers, daily matchplan the city, is significantly reduced on the tracks. Motorists with a great driving experience behind them quickly decide on maneuvers, and the "new recruits" takes less time to notice the stimulus. And the reaction of the driver - something casual, in different conditions during the adoption of a decision and move to action may be different. Not for nothing is forbidden to drive while intoxicated - the time to respond to changing road conditions increased more than twofold. The faster people behind the wheel reacts to the traffic situation, the safer his riding. Just over 1 second car passes over 20 meters at a speed of 80 km / h. It turns out that until the brake half of this road car would be the same speed. And if the reaction time is 1.5 or even 2 seconds, the machine will slow down, only after passing 30-40 meters. According to the estimates of researchers, the driver for 1 / 10 second passes approximately 2,2 meters, and because many accidents occur due to such small distances. Therefore, drivers are better to work on his reaction, because sometimes even the tenth of a second can save someone's life.