Crazy Driving Experiment of the 1960s: Studying the "Attentional Demand" of Driving

Posted by Alex in Car & Vehicle, Science & Tech on March 30, 2008 at 7:10 pm


In the mid 1960s, Prof John W. Senders (that’s him under the helmet) and a team of psychologists wanted to study the "attentional demand" of automobile driving.

So, they devised a special helmet with a movable visor that obstructed the driver’s vision – in essence making him drive blindfolded and …. then send him down Route 128 outside of Boston!

Check out the crazy video: Link [embedded YouTube] – Thanks Andrew Wirtanen!


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One comment to "Crazy Driving Experiment of the 1960s: Studying the "Attentional Demand" of Driving"

  1. Christophe
    March 31st, 2008 at 12:04 am

    He's still looking for volonteers to test the Mount Washington mountain road ;)


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