FHWA Office of Safety Research and Development, Human Factors Research
Learn about research into the impacts of driver behavior on safety. Discuss the Human Factors Laboratory, including FHWA’s full-scale Highway Driving Simulator, that is used for human factors evaluations of novel intersection designs, roadway signage, and vehicle automation. See videos of Human Factors projects involving roadway design, roadway signing, Connected and Automated Vehicle research, pedestrian research, and our new Virtual Reality Laboratory.