Car following decisions under three visibility conditions and two speeds tested with a driving simulator

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 106-116

  Broughton, Kathy L M ^a   Switzer, Fred ^a   Scott, Don ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOFFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Car following; Fog; Image contrast; Speed; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; FOG; SPEED CONTROL; VISIBILITY;

CAR FOLLOWING; HIGH FIDELITY DRIVING SIMULATOR; IMAGE CONTRAST; SIMULATED FOG;

AUTOMOBILES;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SAFETY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; WEATHER;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING; SAFETY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION; WEATHER;

EID: 33750983330     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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