Table 1

Driving features of the Naas route alongside assessment requirements

On-road route featuresKorner-Bitensky et al. (2005) Justiss et al. (2006) Naas route
General advantages   
Easily accessible  ✓
Circuit contains hospital  ✓
Circuit used for learner drivers  ✓
Contains mix of urban, rural, suburb and motorway driving  ✓
Over 40 min in length ✓✓
Conditions   
4-way intersection✓✓✓
Two-way stop✓✓ 
Left turn✓ ✓
Right turn✓✓✓
Traffic lights✓✓✓
Stop sign✓✓✓
Merge that requires speed increase✓ ✓
Roadway requiring lane position✓✓✓
Lane change✓✓✓
Road with varying speed✓✓✓
Merging at high speed✓ ✓
Yield to oncoming traffic✓ ✓
Requires reversing✓  
Behaviours   
Appropriate speed maintenance✓✓✓
Maintaining lane position✓✓✓
Stopping at red light✓ ✓
Merging at appropriate speed✓✓✓
Appropriate lane position during turns✓✓✓
Slowing to hazards✓✓✓
Yielding where appropriate✓✓✓
Maintaining appropriate distance✓✓✓
Not spending excessive time at intersections✓ ✓
Signalling✓✓✓
Scanning traffic environment ✓✓
Maintaining driving while completing cognitive task✓ ✓

Source:

Authors’ own work
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