Abstract: In her article Blinova analyzes approaches to evaluating the personality component of the professional activity of a vehicle driver. Blinova demonstrates particular psychological features of vehicle drivers as a subjective factor that influences the road traffic safety. She also proves the importance of a vehicle driver as a special actor and underlines the need in a clear understanding of what qualities a driver must have to successfully perform his duties and what would be the best way to define the degree of their correspondence to the requirements for a professional driver. Blinova also describes an empirical research aimed at the analysis of personality traits that operationalize in the professional activity of a vehicle cdriver. The aim of the research that is based on the theoretical and empirical analysis is to develop a classification of driver's personality traits. The researcher describes kinds of drivers that differ in various combinations of cognitive processes, intensity of these or those personality traits and different attitudes to subjective personality aspects of driver's professional activity. The practical importance of this research is to define possible targets of preventive activities in the field of vehicle driver training. 

Abstract: This article is devoted to the development of a conceptual and empirically grounded technology to evaluate and forecast professional reliability of drivers. The rationale of this topic is conditioned by the growing number of vehicles and increasing need of the society in professional drivers as well as the need to create accurate and validate evaluation tools for drivers and factors influencing efficiency of their activity. The authors bring about such goals as systematization of current researches devoted to drivers and driving; and development of a psychodiagnostic model for evaluating driver's professional reliability. The experimental research aimed at achieving the aforesaid objectives consisted of two stages. At the first stage the authors selected research parameters, prepared experimental tools and outlined the general plan of the experiment. At the second stage which is going on now the authors create experimential conditions for defining parameters of driver's reliability, collect statistical data to determine different parameters recorded in the course of the experiment and test the technology being developed. Expected results of the research can be used to increase road safety, train drivers at driving schools, increase economic efficiency of auto transport companies, and can be also used by drivers themselves to assess their own level of competence. Implementation of the hardware and software system based on this technology would increase reliability of the human factor and reduce risks of errors.