Dick de Waard

Dick de Waard (1964) graduated in 1989 in experimental psychology at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. From 1989 onwards he has worked at the Traffic Research Centre / Centre for Environmental and Traffic Psychology of the same university. The few people left of this group were integrated into the section Work and Experimental Psychology. Most of Dick's activities have taken place in a group together with Karel Brookhuis and Frank Steyvers. One of his main research interests is the measurement of driver mental workload, the subject of his PhD thesis (1996).

In the past years he has worked on effects of traffic environment (such as road delineation and layout) on driver behaviour, on the comprehension of electronic signs, on the legibility of (destination) sign posts, on the effects of police enforcement on speeding, effects and acceptance of new transport telematics, such as car phones, in-car tutoring and feedback systems (EU sponsored DETER project), on the detection of impaired driver behaviour (EU sponsored DREAM, SAVE, and AWAKE projects), on driver training (EU project TRAINER). Currently his focus is on automation in the traffic environment; driver behaviour in an emergency situation in the Automated Highway System and driver behaviour in and acceptance of a new automated public transport vehicle, the Phileas, see also this interview together with Karel Brookhuis in Pictogram (in Dutch).

Dick is visiting scientist at the HumanFirst group of the University of Minnesota in the USA, and is associate of ITS Advies.

feedback display
From our instrumented car: In-car speed limit (compliance) system

Also have a look at the Europe Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society!

Publications

Email: waard2@zonnet.nl

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