Consistency and Car Driving Skill

A Theory of the Acquisition of Speed-Skill∗

“…Unfortunately we have little direct evidence on the distribution of motion-patterns (but see de Montpellier 1935) and still less about that of pereeptual activities. Lewis (1954) has, however, shown in ear-driving that more ski! led performers behave more consistently from occasion to occasion.…”

A Review of Research on Driving Styles and Road Safety

“…In the 1950s, some studies correlated rating scales and driving habit checklists with accident involvement (see Häkkinen, 1958, p. 77). There was also a series of studies of driving habits by Lewis (1953Lewis ( , 1956, using invehicle camera observations of a small group of drivers. The results suggested that "safe drivers drive more constantly in the same manner when the same driving situations are repeated" (Häkkinen, 1958, p. 78).…”

Car-driving consistency and measures of personality.

“…It is seen from Table 1 that in Groups 1 and 3 there is a significant tendency for inconsistency over two periods on the same day, and over two periods six weeks apart to 2 For full details see Lewis (6).…”