Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels
Joint Authors
Xu, Jinliang
Jia, Xingli
Wei, Leyu
Zhang, Xiaodong
Li, Haoru
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-09-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We investigated the effects of four safety facilities in expressway tunnels—information boards, flashing lights, human-voice broadcasts, and siren broadcasts—on driver distance perception by questionnaire surveys and field experiments.
Results from a survey questionnaire given to 436 drivers indicated that each of the facilities, except the human-voice broadcast, was perceived to increase the driving safety.
Consistently, results from field experiments involving 150 participants in China’s Xingshuliang Tunnel indicated that information boards, flashing lights, and siren broadcasts increased the distance perception accuracy of drivers, while human-voice broadcasts decreased this accuracy.
The results of human-voice broadcasts may be due to the fact that drivers could not catch and understand the information they heard from human-voice broadcasts while driving in tunnels.
This research can assist engineers in identifying the effective safety facilities in tunnels and provide a basis for prioritizing the implementation of these facilities, ultimately increasing driver distance perception accuracy and decreasing rear-end collisions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wei, Leyu& Xu, Jinliang& Jia, Xingli& Zhang, Xiaodong& Li, Haoru. 2018. Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wei, Leyu…[et al.]. Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Wei, Leyu& Xu, Jinliang& Jia, Xingli& Zhang, Xiaodong& Li, Haoru. Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1181049
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1181049