Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels
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 indicat...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-23551745bd6b4f15b4728be03bced06c2025-02-03T05:50:32ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952018-01-01201810.1155/2018/23709762370976Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway TunnelsLeyu Wei0Jinliang Xu1Xingli Jia2Xiaodong Zhang3Haoru Li4School of Highway, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South 2 Ring Rd., Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710064, ChinaSchool of Highway, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South 2 Ring Rd., Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710064, ChinaSchool of Highway, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South 2 Ring Rd., Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710064, ChinaSchool of Highway, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South 2 Ring Rd., Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710064, ChinaSchool of Highway, Chang’an University, Middle Section of South 2 Ring Rd., Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710064, ChinaWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2370976 |
| spellingShingle | Leyu Wei Jinliang Xu Xingli Jia Xiaodong Zhang Haoru Li Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels |
| title_full | Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels |
| title_short | Effects of Safety Facilities on Driver Distance Perception in Expressway Tunnels |
| title_sort | effects of safety facilities on driver distance perception in expressway tunnels |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2370976 |
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