Threshold Research on Highway Length under Typical Landscape Patterns Based on Drivers’ Physiological Performance
Joint Authors
Li, Zhixia
Zhang, Yong
Feng, Xingyu
Zhao, Xia
Wei, Zhonghua
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-15, 15 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
15
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The appropriately landscaped highway scenes may not only help improve road safety and comfort but also help protect ecological environment.
Yet there is very little research data on highway length threshold with consideration of distinctive landscape patterns.
Against this backdrop, the paper aims to quantitatively analyze highway landscape’s effect on driving behavior based on drivers’ physiological performance and quantify highway length thresholds under three typical landscape patterns, namely, “open,” “semiopen,” and “vertical” ones.
The statistical analysis was based on data collected in a driving simulator and electrocardiograph.
Specifically, vehicle-related data, ECG data, and supplemental subjective stress perception were collected.
The study extracted two characteristic indices, lane deviation and LF/HF, and extrapolated the drivers’ U-shaped physiological response to landscape patterns.
Models on highway length were built based on LF/HF’s variation trend with highway length.
The results revealed that the theoretical highway length threshold tended to increase when the landscape pattern was switched to open, semiopen, and vertical ones.
And the reliability and accuracy of the results were validated by questionnaires and field operational tests.
Findings from this research will assist practitioners in taking active environmental countermeasures pertaining to different roadside landscape patterns.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhao, Xia& Wei, Zhonghua& Li, Zhixia& Zhang, Yong& Feng, Xingyu. 2015. Threshold Research on Highway Length under Typical Landscape Patterns Based on Drivers’ Physiological Performance. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060758
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhao, Xia…[et al.]. Threshold Research on Highway Length under Typical Landscape Patterns Based on Drivers’ Physiological Performance. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060758
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhao, Xia& Wei, Zhonghua& Li, Zhixia& Zhang, Yong& Feng, Xingyu. Threshold Research on Highway Length under Typical Landscape Patterns Based on Drivers’ Physiological Performance. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-15.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1060758
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1060758