Use of a driving simulator to evaluate and optimize factors affecting understandability of variable message signs

Dutta, Arijit; Fisher, Donald L.; Noyce, David A.

doi:10.1016/j.trf.2004.09.001

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“…Dutta et al (2004) and Young et al (2008) discuss that driving experience influences not only the driving task itself, but also concurrent tasks other than driving, i.e. more experienced drivers are better able to carry out multiple simultaneous tasks than novice drivers.…”

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Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs

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In many highways environments electronic media such as variable message signs are increasingly being used to provide drivers with up-to-date dynamic information in order to influence driving decision making during journeys. These decisions may be associated with strategic choices, such as route selection, or tactical decisions, such as driving at a certain speed, or altering driving style. This paper presents a study that used two methods-a scenario approach and a medium-fidelity driving simulator. Data from both methods are presented here and include decision making and driving performance data. These data provide an insight into the role of information and other contextual influences in decision making in the driving context specifically, but also has useful implications for the way in which information should be designed in other decision making contexts, such as travel using public transport, or supporting real-time complex control operations. The use of multiple data collection approaches also enabled data comparisons to be made, thus improving overall confidence in conclusions. The paper highlights the role of familiarity with information wording and context, level of detail, interpreted meaning, previous experience and contextual cues on trust in information and consequently behaviour in response to the information presented.

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“…In addition, more experienced drivers may be able to use their prior knowledge in experiments where they have to interpret VMS messages. Some research has shown that people in driving simulators behave more cautiously than they might do in the real world (Dutta et al 2004;Young et al 2008).…”

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Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs

et al. 2015

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“…Driving is a complex task, relying on psychomotor and cognitive processes in order to correctly monitor and understand the road, in order to make and execute appropriate safe driving choices (Dutta, Fisher & Noyce, 2004;Ma & Kaber, 2005). Road signs are an important part of the road environment, and are designed to help drivers reach their destination efficiently and safely (Möri & Abdel-Halim, 1981;Siogkas & Dermatas, 2006).…”

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Safety implications of co-locating road signs: A driving simulator investigation

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Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviou

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Background: As road complexity increases the requirement for number of road signs also increases, although the amount of road side space does not. One practical strategy to address this is to present multiple road signs on the same gantry (sign co-location).However, there is very little research on the safety implications of this practice.Method: 36 participants (mean age = 42.25 years, SD = 13.99, 18 females) completed three driving simulator scenarios, each scenario had a different sign co-location condition: no colocation, dual co-location and triple co-location. Each scenario presented similar information using direction signs, variable message signs and variable speed limit signs, under. Each drive included standard motorway driving (100km/h speed zone) in free flow traffic and one emergency event where a lead vehicle suddenly braked. The scenario order was counterbalanced and the emergency event vehicle varied.Results: Overall, there was no impact of co-locating signs on general driving performance.No significant difference was observed between conditions for reaction time and minimum headway in response to the emergency event. Participants were able to correctly choose their destination whether the signs were co-located or not.Discussion: For the particular configuration of signs tested there is no evidence that colocation negatively impacts driving performance. However, there may be some implications for travel speed and the manner in which the emergency event is responded to. Future work should confirm the findings on real roads. These findings provided support for sign colocation as a practical and safe option for displaying multiple road signs in a confined area.

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“…Military simulation also offers a potential training media for learning and practicing combat skills (Alluisi, 1991). Coinciding with this technological improvement, multi-disciplinary investigations and analyses using driving simulators have been conducted in the traffic engineering area, such as pavement marking effect (Horberry et al, 2006), traffic signs (Dutta et al, 2004), gap acceptance behavior (Alexander et al, 2002), passing maneuver (Jenkins and Rilett, 2005), crash avoidance study (Smith et al, 2002), driving distraction due to mobile phones (Rakauskas et al, 2004), and so on.…”

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Validating a driving simulator using surrogate safety measures

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Abdel-Aty

Radwan

et al. 2008

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Use of a driving simulator to evaluate and optimize factors affecting understandability of variable message signs

Cited by 73 publications

References 5 publications

Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs

Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs

Safety implications of co-locating road signs: A driving simulator investigation

Validating a driving simulator using surrogate safety measures

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