Assessing the effectiveness of "intuitive" vibrotactile warning signals in preventing front-to-rear-end collisions in a driving simulator

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 988-996

  Ho, Cristy ^a   Reed, Nick ^b   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car following; Directional; Front to rear end collision; Intuitive; Vibrotactile; Warning signal

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; BRAKING; DECELERATION; INFORMATION USE;

CAR FOLLOWING; DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION; FRONT-TO-REAR-END COLLISION; INTUITIVE;

VIBROTACTILE AIDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIBRATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA DISPLAY; DECELERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 33745737339     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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