Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example
Countdown signal control is a relatively new control mode that can inform a driver in advance about the remaining time to pass through intersections or the time needed to wait for other drivers and pedestrians. At present, few countries apply vehicular countdown signals. However, in China, some citi...
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| author | Fuquan Pan Lixia Zhang Changxi Ma Haiyuan Li Jinshun Yang Tao Liu Fengyuan Wang Shushan Chai |
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| description | Countdown signal control is a relatively new control mode that can inform a driver in advance about the remaining time to pass through intersections or the time needed to wait for other drivers and pedestrians. At present, few countries apply vehicular countdown signals. However, in China, some cities have applied vehicular countdown signals for years, though it is unclear how and how much such signals influence driving psychologies and behaviors compared with non-countdown signal controls. The present work aims to clarify the impact of vehicular countdown signals on driving psychologies and behaviors on the cognitive level. A questionnaire survey with 32 questions about driving psychologies and behaviors was designed, and an online survey was conducted. A total of 1051 valid questionnaires were received. The survey data were analyzed, and the main results indicate that most of the surveyed drivers prefer countdown signal controls and think that such controls can improve not only traffic safety but also traffic operational efficiency. The surveyed drivers also think that countdown signal controls have an impact on driving psychologies and behaviors and the survey results have demonstrated that the driving behaviors of female drivers surveyed are not conservative under the clear conditions of green countdown signal control. Further studies and methods concerning the effects of countdown signals on driving psychologies and behaviors are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-625f103b2e07466e98f54cac5f93b0d92025-02-03T01:33:17ZengWileyJournal of Advanced Transportation0197-67292042-31952017-01-01201710.1155/2017/58385205838520Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an ExampleFuquan Pan0Lixia Zhang1Changxi Ma2Haiyuan Li3Jinshun Yang4Tao Liu5Fengyuan Wang6Shushan Chai7School of Automobile and Transportation, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 26650, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Transportation, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 26650, ChinaSchool of Traffic and Transportation, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, ChinaNevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, NV 89712, USASchool of Automobile and Transportation, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 26650, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Transportation, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 26650, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Transportation, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 26650, ChinaSchool of Automobile and Transportation, Qingdao University of Technology, Qingdao, Shandong 26650, ChinaCountdown signal control is a relatively new control mode that can inform a driver in advance about the remaining time to pass through intersections or the time needed to wait for other drivers and pedestrians. At present, few countries apply vehicular countdown signals. However, in China, some cities have applied vehicular countdown signals for years, though it is unclear how and how much such signals influence driving psychologies and behaviors compared with non-countdown signal controls. The present work aims to clarify the impact of vehicular countdown signals on driving psychologies and behaviors on the cognitive level. A questionnaire survey with 32 questions about driving psychologies and behaviors was designed, and an online survey was conducted. A total of 1051 valid questionnaires were received. The survey data were analyzed, and the main results indicate that most of the surveyed drivers prefer countdown signal controls and think that such controls can improve not only traffic safety but also traffic operational efficiency. The surveyed drivers also think that countdown signal controls have an impact on driving psychologies and behaviors and the survey results have demonstrated that the driving behaviors of female drivers surveyed are not conservative under the clear conditions of green countdown signal control. Further studies and methods concerning the effects of countdown signals on driving psychologies and behaviors are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5838520 |
| spellingShingle | Fuquan Pan Lixia Zhang Changxi Ma Haiyuan Li Jinshun Yang Tao Liu Fengyuan Wang Shushan Chai Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example Journal of Advanced Transportation |
| title | Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example |
| title_full | Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example |
| title_short | Impact of Vehicular Countdown Signals on Driving Psychologies and Behaviors: Taking China as an Example |
| title_sort | impact of vehicular countdown signals on driving psychologies and behaviors taking china as an example |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5838520 |
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