Glossary of Acronyms

David Shinar (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel)

Traffic Safety and Human Behavior

ISBN: 978-1-78635-222-4, eISBN: 978-1-78635-221-7

Publication date: 20 June 2017

Citation

Shinar, D. (2017), "Glossary of Acronyms", Traffic Safety and Human Behavior, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1177-1179. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78635-221-720162029

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited


AAA

American Automobile Association

AAAF

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

AARP

American Association of Retired Persons

AASHTO

American Association of State Highway Safety Officials

ABLS

Alternating Blinking Light System

ABS

Anti-lock Braking System

ACC

Adaptive Cruise Control

ADAS

Advanced Driver Assistance System

AMA

American Medical Association

ANSI

American National Standards Institute

BAC

Blood Alcohol Concentration

BRT

Brake Reaction Time

CDC

(U.S.) Centers for Disease Control

CDS

Count-Down Signal

CHMSL

Center High-Mounted Stop Light

CMF

Crash Modification Factor

CNS

Central Nervous System

DALY

Disability Adjusted Life Year

DBQ

Driver Behavior Questionnaire

DECP

Drug Evaluation and Classification Program

DPS

Demerit Point System

DfT

(U.K.) Department for Transport

DOT

(U.S.) Department of Transportation

DRE

Drug Recognition Expert

DRL

Daylight Running Lights

DRUID

Driving Under the Influence of Drugs Alcohol and Medicines

DUID

Driving Under the Influence of Drugs

DWI

Driving While Intoxicated

EDR

Event Data Recorder

EC

European Commission

EEG

Encephalogram

ESC

Electronic Stability Control

ETSC

European Transport Safety Council

EU

European Union

FARS

Fatality Analysis Reporting System

FHWA

(U.S.) Federal Highway Administration

FMCSA

(U.S.) Federal Motor-Carrier Safety Administration

FOT

Field Operational Test

GDE

Goals for Driver Education

GDL

Graduated Driver Licensing

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHSA

(U.S.) Governors Highway Safety Association

GIDAS

German In-Depth Accident Study

HGN

Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus

HRV

Heart Rate Variability

HUD

Head-Up Display

ICADTS

International Council on Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety

IIHS

(U.S.) Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

ITF

International Transport Forum

IRTAD

International Road Traffic Accident Data

ISA

Intelligent Speed Adaptation

ISO

International Standards Organization

ITE

Institute of Transportation Engineers

ITS

Intelligent Transportation System

IVDR

In-Vehicle Data Recorder

KSS

Karolinska Sleepiness Scale

LATCH

Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children

MADD

Mothers against Drunk Driving

MAIDS

Motorcycle Accident In-Depth Study

MAIS

Maximum Abbreviated Injury Score

MUTCD

(U.S.) Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices

NCAP

New Car Assessment Program

NADS

(U.S.) National Advanced Driving Simulator

NASA-TLX

(U.S.) National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index

NASS

(U.S.) National Automotive Sampling System

NCSS

(U.S.) National Crash Severity Study

NDS

Naturalistic Driving Study

NHTSA

(U.S.) National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

NIDA

(U.S.) National Institute of Drug Abuse

NMVCCS

(U.S.) National Motor-Vehicle Crash Causation Survey

NRSA

(Israel) National Road Safety Authority

NSC

(U.S.) National Safety Council

NTSB

(U.S.) National Transportation Safety Board

OR

Odds Ratio

OECD

Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development

PI/E

Public Information and Education

PMVI

Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspection

PRT

Perception Reaction Time

PTW

Powered Two-Wheeler

RAP

Road Assessment Program

RAPT

Risk Awareness and Perception Training

RR

Relative Risk

RTOR

Right Turn On Red

SAE

Society of Automotive Engineers

SARTRE

Social Attitudes to Road Traffic Risk

SFST

Standardized Field Sobriety Test

SHRP

Strategic Highway Research Program

SOFI

Swedish Occupational Fatigue Inventory

SPI

Safety Performance Indicator

SSS

Sensation Seeking Scale or Stanford Sleepiness Scale

SWOV

(The Netherlands) Institute for Road Safety Research

THC

Tetra Hydro Cannabinol

TNO

(The Netherlands) Organization for Applied Scientific Research

TPB

Theory of Planned Behavior

TRB

(U.S.) Transportation Research Board

TTC

Time -to-Collision

UDA

Unsafe Driving Action

UFOV

Useful Field of View

UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

VRU

Vulnerable Road User

WHO

World Health Organization