LOPEZ,EMILIO,MIRA,Y AND THE DEVELOPMENT O F TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY - THE CASES OF SPAIN AND BRAZIL

The role played by Emilio Mira y Lopez in the ''Spanish model'' for th e assessment of drivers, is presented. Mira left his native country, S pain, because of the Spanish Civil War, and after living in several co untries he setted down in Brazil. There he worked in different areas o f psychology, one of which was the psychology of traffic. The model is presented, and the differences between the assessment procedures pres ently used in Spain and in Brazil, are indicated.