Effects of mobile phone distraction on pedestrians’ crossing behavior and visual attention allocation at a signalized intersection: An outdoor experimental study

Jiang, Kang; Ling, Feiyang; Feng, Zhongxiang; Ma, Changxi; Kumfer, Wesley; Shao, Chen; Wang, Kun

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2018.03.019

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“…A previous study found significant physiological differences between the genders and males who endorse an exaggerated male stereotype are more likely to engage in aggressive driving behaviors [42]. Women have a stronger sense of obligation to traffic laws and tend to obey those laws while men tend to overestimate their driving ability and underestimate the risks associated with traffic violations [43][44][45].…”

Section: Driver's Characteristicsmentioning

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The Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver-Injury Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Accidents

Hao

Xiang

et al. 2018

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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The effect of aggressive driving behavior on driver's injury severity is analyzed by considering a comprehensive set of variables at highway-rail grade crossings in the US. In doing so, we are able to use a mixed logit modelling approach; the study explores the determinants of driver-injury severity with and without aggressive driving behaviors at highway-rail grade crossings. Significant differences exist between drivers' injury severity with and without aggressive driving behaviors at highway-rail grade crossings. The level of injury for younger male drivers increases a lot if they are with aggressive driving behavior. In addition, driving during peak-hour is found to be a statistically significant predictor of high level injury severity with aggressive driving behavior. Moreover, environmental factors are also found to be statistically significant. The increased level of injury severity accidents happened for drivers with aggressive driving behavior in the morning peak (6-9 am), and the probability of fatality increases in both snow and fog condition. Driving in open space area is also found to be a significant factor of high level injury severity with aggressive driving behaviors. Bad weather conditions are found to increase the probability of drivers' high level injury severity for drivers with aggressive driving behaviors.

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Section: Driver's Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 96%

The Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver-Injury Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Accidents

Hao

Xiang

et al. 2018

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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“…Using mobile phones has a direct correlation with the incidence of unsafe behavior by pedestrians [7,25,26]. According to the results, mobile-phone use affected pedestrian precautionary behavior.…”

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“…In the study by Hatfield & Murphy (2007), they concluded that caution behavior was less common in men than in women, with this difference having been significant at signalized intersections for some passing behaviors, such as crossing the pedestrian signal, looking at the traffic while crossing, completing crossing at the marked pedestrian crossing, and conflict experiences (17). A large number of studies also indicate that men tend to show more risky behavior than women (7,24,26,27). Antic et al (2016) reported that men had a 4.1-time higher chance of showing at least one case of unsafe behavior when crossing the street than women (15).…”

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“…This is probably due to the fact that when using mobile phones, after hanging up the phone, the user experienced a constant distraction, while when involved in text messaging, pedestrians had the time to stop moving in any possible points to control their direction (15). Researchers have shown that pedestrians talking on a mobile phone are involved in a cognitive distraction that reduces their awareness of the surrounding environment (2,30,(36)(37)(38)(39)(40). In addition, the cognitive distraction can lead to slower walking and being placed in hazardous conditions (41) because pedestrians walking more slowly are at a more serious risk (19).…”

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The hazards of pedestrian mobile-phone use when crossing signalized intersections, Iran (2017); an observational study

Khosromehr

Davoodi

2019

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Article Info Background: Distracted walking is a major cause of pedestrian fatalities. Along with the expansion and popularity of mobile phones, their impacts on pedestrian safety, especially when crossing urban intersections have attracted a lot of attention. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of mobile-phone use on pedestrians' crossing behavior when passing signalized intersections. Materials and Methods: An observational study was conducted to compare the behavior of pedestrians using mobile phones (the reference group) with non-mobile phone pedestrians (the time-matched control group and the demographic-matched control group) crossing signalized intersections in 2017. For this purpose, the demographic information and walking behaviors of 513 pedestrians were observed. Furthermore, a binary logistic regression model was used to predict risky behaviors. Results: Using mobile phones has a direct impact on the unsafe behavior of pedestrians crossing signalized intersections. Mobile-phone users showed significantly less safe behavior (14.6 times) than non-mobile phone users (p <0.001). Using mobile phones to talk had the greatest impact on the vulnerable behavior of pedestrians (p <0.001). SMS conversations and listening to music were in the next positions, respectively (p = 0.283). Conclusions: Using mobile phones can often lead to the carelessness of pedestrians and their exposure to the possible risk of pedestrian-vehicle crashes. Applying the findings of the present research requires effective technologies and strategies to prevent the use of mobile phones by pedestrians at signalized intersections.

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“…Jiang et al [3] investigated the effects of mobile phone distractions on pedestrian crossing behaviour, including scanning frequency, fixation points and fixation times toward traffic signals, and visual attention on the traffic environment. Yang [4] built a pedestrian twice-crossing delay model, considering pedestrian arrival distribution, vehicle headway, and pedestrian signal timing.…”

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Pedestrians’ Speed Analysis for Two-Stage Crossing at a Signalized Intersection

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Pedestrian walking speed is an important and essential parameter for designing traffic signals at signalized intersections. However, there is a lack of understanding of pedestrian speed characteristics in a twice crossing. This paper focuses on analyzing the differences of pedestrians' crossing speeds between the two stages, and identifying the major factors affecting the speed changes. Pedestrians were classified by age, gender and group size, and pedestrians' speed characteristics of each group were analyzed. Besides, each age group were divided into five categories by gender and group size, and the effect sizes of gender and group size on speed-changing at the two stages were examined. The results show significant differences in walking speed on different gender and age groups, as well as on different group size. The young group has different factors affecting the speed change in the two directions, and the middle-aged and old groups have same factors affecting the speed change in the two directions. This study proposed a goal-oriented and time-driven behavior model for pedestrian two-stage crossing at signalized intersections, where the two directions have different pedestrian signal timing. The results also show that the proposed model is effective in simulating pedestrian speed characteristics of twice crossing. This research provides a theoretical basis for identifying pedestrian movement intention, optimizing signal timing, and improving pedestrian infrastructure at signalized intersections.

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Effects of mobile phone distraction on pedestrians’ crossing behavior and visual attention allocation at a signalized intersection: An outdoor experimental study

Cited by 102 publications

References 31 publications

The Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver-Injury Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Accidents

The Impact of Aggressive Driving Behavior on Driver-Injury Severity at Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Accidents

The hazards of pedestrian mobile-phone use when crossing signalized intersections, Iran (2017); an observational study

Pedestrians’ Speed Analysis for Two-Stage Crossing at a Signalized Intersection

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