Exploring Road Tunnel Drivers' Behavior: The case of Greece

Zeeri, Maria-Olympia; Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos; Ntzeremes, Panagiotis

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“…Same results are also pinpointed in Lee et al 13 Furthermore, findings underscore the absence of information efforts and any training efforts. 12,13 Regarding users' safety awareness of tunnel facilities and installations, Zeeri et al 4 refers that a significant part of drivers are unfamiliar with the proper usage of fire extinguishers and emergency telephone booths and are unwilling to abandon their car in the event of a fire accident. Kirytopoulos et al 3 indicates that a substantial proportion of respondents disregard them, putting themselves at risk in the event of an emergency.…”

Section: Driver's Knowledge On Tunnel Safety: State-of-the-art Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3 However, all studies indicate that participants who are sufficiently informed about the equipment inside the tunnel are prone to receive the proper decisions in avoiding risky behaviors. 3,4,11,12 The effect of education in tunnel users is emphasized on the pivotal role of the evacuation process of trapped users in case of fire, since even a small delay during the evacuation process can be fatal. 5 Beyond extreme conditions, drivers' knowledge exhibits serious gaps in normal conditions too.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies also reveal that drivers frequently fail to maintain sufficient distances in tunnels or ignore control signals, continuing their path in their effort and desire to reach their goal as quickly as possible. 4,12,14 In particular, those who keep the least adequate distances believe that their non-compliance does not increase the possibility of an accident. 12 Another important issue is that drivers feel less pleasure while driving inside a tunnel because the repercussions of any accident are more severe than on an open road segment, 11,13 however, some of them have greater driving control within road tunnels, 4 which creates the aforementioned deviations in keeping distances and speed limits.…”

Section: Driver's Knowledge On Tunnel Safety: State-of-the-art Studiesmentioning

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“…2 Concerning the role of drivers in tunnel accidents, recent studies reveal that the amount of information they receive regarding the unique characteristics of the tunnel environment is limited and as a result they may exhibit significant weaknesses in dealing with emergency circumstances in tunnels. 3,4 Despite the fact that accident rates in tunnels tend to be lower in various nations when compared to the rest of the road network, 5 the continuing growth in their number worldwide does not excuse complacency. In case of accidents that can cause fire or explosion, the consequences may be extremely severe in terms of human losses, injuries, and infrastructure damage.…”

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A virtual reality instrument to raise drivers’ awareness on safer driving through road tunnels

Kirytopoulos

Mourelatos

Chatzistelios

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O:

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Studies reveal that drivers’ behavior is the most significant factor in road accidents worldwide. Regarding tunnels, which are the most critical element of road infrastructure, despite the significant efforts that have been conducted toward the enhancement of drivers’ education all these years, studies illustrate that there are still serious deficiencies need to be tackled. To address this issue, this research endeavor develops a virtual reality tool based on the serious game idea in order to inform and educate potential users about the specific rules and behavioral patterns that should govern their safe driving when passing through tunnels. To do so, the appropriate behavioral patterns are determined using applicable norms and guidelines while the specific educational requirements are identified. Following that, the novel tool for training users is developed. The tool consists of a virtual reality gaming environment based on the notion of serious games that simulates driving through a tunnel from a first-person perspective. Various scenarios are developed within this environment based on the knowledge gaps identified in the literature, with the aim of assessing users’ knowledge as well as educating them when required. The developed tool was tried by more than 50 drivers, professional and non-professional during tool’s launch activities. In particular, drivers who had recently obtained a driver’s license confirmed that such a tool would be especially useful in the context of their training. The ultimate goal of this study is to provide an efficient tool in order to support both practitioners and authorities to significantly improve the safety level of road tunnels by emphasizing on the driving behavior, since this is considered the most crucial component of each tunnel system.

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Section: Driver's Knowledge On Tunnel Safety: State-of-the-art Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Driver's Knowledge On Tunnel Safety: State-of-the-art Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Driver's Knowledge On Tunnel Safety: State-of-the-art Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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A virtual reality instrument to raise drivers’ awareness on safer driving through road tunnels

Kirytopoulos

Mourelatos

Chatzistelios

et al. 2023

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O:

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“…However, the most important factor that makes tunnels be safer is the driving behaviour of users inside tunnels. Relevant studies have indicated that users are more cautious when passing through tunnels [12].…”

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Discussing the Need to Manage Uncertainty Relating to Users in Road Tunnel Fire Risk Assessment

Ntzeremes¹,

Kirytopoulos²,

Leopoulos³

2020

JRACR

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Although tunnels provide roads with numerous advantages, they also include significant risks. Especially, fire accidents are the biggest threats. Nowadays, risk assessment has the predominant role for managing tunnel fire safety and users are in the centre of attention. However, existing methods exhibit lack in treating uncertainty stemming from users. This paper aims to discuss current ways of representing tunnel users' uncertainty as well as to introduce the importance of distinguishing these representations in the wider context of risk assessment.

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Understanding drivers’ awareness, habits and intentions inside road tunnels for effective safety policies

Lee

Kirytopoulos

Pervez

et al. 2022

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Exploring Road Tunnel Drivers' Behavior: The case of Greece

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A virtual reality instrument to raise drivers’ awareness on safer driving through road tunnels

A virtual reality instrument to raise drivers’ awareness on safer driving through road tunnels

Discussing the Need to Manage Uncertainty Relating to Users in Road Tunnel Fire Risk Assessment

Understanding drivers’ awareness, habits and intentions inside road tunnels for effective safety policies

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