Impact of perceptual treatments on lateral control during driving on crest vertical curves: A driving simulator study

Rosey, Florence; Auberlet, Jean-Michel; Bertrand, Jean M.; Poulichet, Patrick

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2008.03.019

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“…Several studies have demonstrated that driving simulators are useful tools for the evaluation of the driver's behavior as induced by the road configuration (e.g., Bella, 2008aBella, , 2013Bella, , 2014aRosey et al, 2008;Shechtman et al, 2009;Daniels et al, 2010;Bella and Calvi, 2013;Bella et al, 2014). Moreover, driving simulators are ideal tools for studies whose field survey is made impossible by the implicit high risks that the experimenters would be subjected to and the difficulty of ensuring controlled experimentation conditions.…”

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confidence: 98%

Effects of safety measures on driver's speed behavior at pedestrian crossings

Bella

Silvestri

2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Effects of safety measures on driver's speed behavior at pedestrian crossings

Bella

Silvestri

2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Overall, transition zone treatments complemented with measures further along the through route are most effective (Forbes, 2011;Harkey and Zegeer, 2004;Taylor and Wheeler, 2000). Although the main purpose of a TCM is the reduction of driving speed, we aim to investigate both longitudinal (mean speed, standard deviation of acceleration and deceleration (SDAD)) and lateral (standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP)) driving parameters because we want to approach driving behavior as a multi-dimensional, rather than a single-dimensional concept (Rosey et al, 2008). Although little is known about the influence of TCMs on SDAD and SDLP, Ariën et al (2013) found that both parameter values increased in the near vicinity of a gate construction located at a rural-urban transition.…”

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confidence: 99%

Does the effect of traffic calming measures endure over time? – A simulator study on the influence of gates

Ariën

Brijs

et al. 2014

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Accident statistics show that transitions from rural to urban areas are accident prone locations. Inappropriate speed and mental underload have been identified as important causal factors on such transitions. A variety of traffic calming measures (TCM) near rural-urban transitions has been tested in field experiments and driving simulator studies. Simulator experiments where drivers are exposed a single TCM in one session are well reported in the literature. However, the extents to which drivers' behavior will be consistent over time when exposed to the same treatment over time are relatively scare and unclear. This study examined drivers behavior when exposed to the same treatment (a gate construction located at a rural-urban transition). Over a period of five successive days, seventeen participants completed a 17 km test-drive on a driving simulator with two thoroughfare configurations (gates present or absent) in a within-subject design. Results indicate that gates induced a local speed reduction that sustained over this five-day period. The effect on standard deviation of acceleration/deceleration and lateral position was rather limited. Overall we conclude that gate constructions have the potential to improve traffic safety in the direct vicinity of rural-urban transitions, even if drivers are repeatedly exposed. Notwithstanding, we advise policy makers to appropriately use this measure. Best is to always carefully consider the broader situational context (such as whether the road serves a traffic-rather than a residential function) of each particular location where the implementation of a gate construction is one of the options.

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“…Examples of other treatments involving changes in the road surface and surrounding environment include surfacing the road shoulders with different coloured asphalt (Rosey, Auberlet, Bertrand, & Plainchault, 2008), and the musical road sponsored by Honda in California, which used grooves in the road to produce a well-known sound track (BBC, 2008). Research on rumble devices has shown a 15-20% reduction in fatigue-related accidents as a result of centre line rumble strips (Persaud, Retting & Lyon, 2004), whilst edge line rumble strips are thought to have reduced such accidents by around 40% (Mahoney, Porter & Donnell, 2003;Räsänen, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%