 |  The VSI Human Factors Division specializes in analyzing the capabilities and limitations of human performance as it relates to a particular accident, the effectiveness of a product, or the extent to which a certain product may be defective in some way. Often, this involves human subject testing in a wide variety of situations to evaluate hypotheses about what humans do and do not (or can not) do in various settings. The VSI Human Factors Professional Staff have years of experience and specialized training in providing high level, technical human factors/ergonomics analysis. Primary areas of investigation include:
 Human Performance in automobile accidents
Perception & Reaction
Lighting and nighttime visibility
Vehicle design
Human error, attention, distraction, and 'panic'
Workplace ergonomics and machine use
Warnings, labeling and consumer products instructions
Cell-phone use and human performance
Learning and Training
A VSI Human Factors analysis can provide valuable information to the VSI Impact Biomechanics and VSI Accident Reconstruction experts in analyzing the behavior of a driver in automobile accident situations, often revealing or eliminating the human as a direct cause of the event and providing a thorough understanding of the enter human-vehicle combination.
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