Driver’s Reaction Time in the Context of an Accident in Road Traffic

Guzek, Marek

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27687-4_19

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“…They cause an excessive burden on the attention of the drivers and distract them, which may extend the reaction time to the threat. Research using, among others, the Monte-Carlo method, concerning the driver's reaction time in the context of a road accident, was presented by Guzek [15]. In these studies, a driving simulator was used and real road tests were carried out on the test track for selected states, such as emergency braking and obstacle avoidance.…”

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Driver’s distraction and its potential influence on the extension of reaction time

Tarkowski

Caban

Dzieńkowski

et al. 2022

The Archives of Automotive Engineering – Archiwum Motoryzacji

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The driver's reaction time is one of the most important parameters for the road pre-accident analysis. There are known the results of tests, in which the value of this parameter was determined in expected and unexpected road situations. But in some cases, this time may be longer e.g. in situations in which the driver's attention may be distracted by keeping observations other than the area, in front of the car's surroundings. There are many manoeuvres, when the driver is obliged to observe many areas at the same time. Thus, his attention must be turned away from the main area – in front of the vehicle. The paper presents the results of tests involving the measurement of the driver's attention time focused on observing the surrounding other than the car's path. During the test, the driver's attention was focus on observing the side and back mirror, car radio and at the mobile phone. Certain values can be potentially considered as extending the typical driver's reaction time. The results of the presented tests have practical applications and can be used in the process of issuing opinions on traffic accidents.

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