The Change of Bus Drivers` Functional State

Taras Postranskyy1 postranskyy [at] gmail.com
Maksym Afonin2 afonin.maxim91 [at] gmail.com
  1. Transport Technology Department, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, S. Bandery street 12.
  2. Transport Technology Department, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine, Lviv, S. Bandery street 12.
Abstract 

This paper provides the results of drivers functional state research for those, who are working on city bus routes. These results are necessary for further investigations of driver’s psychophysiology. Actuality of this issue consists in the necessity of taking into account of the driver’s stress level which is one of the key factors of his behavior in complex traffic situations.

Keywords 
traffic
psychophysiological indicators
driver
functional state
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