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tau-dot hypothesis: a standalone construct

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tau-dothypothesis1 CONSTRUCTTau-dot hypothesisLEE · ROAD SAFETY

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Road safety

the proposal that drivers control braking by keeping the rate of change of optical time-to-collision near a critical value.

In road safety, tau-dot hypothesis refers to the proposal that drivers control braking by keeping the rate of change of optical time-to-collision near a critical value. This meaning comes from Lee (1976) in Perception.[1]

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References

  1. Lee, D. N. (1976). A Theory of Visual Control of Braking Based on Information about Time-to-Collision. Perception, 5(4), 437-459. https://doi.org/10.1068/p050437

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