Driver behaviour at rail level crossings: Responses to flashing lights, traffic signals and stop signs in simulated rural driving

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 548-554

  Lenné, Michael G ^a   Rudin Brown, Christina M ^a   Navarro, Jordan ^a   Edquist, Jessica ^a   Trotter, Margaret ^a   Tomasevic, Nebojsa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active crossing controls; Compliance; Driver behaviour; Driving simulator; Passive level crossings

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPLIANCE CONTROL; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; RAILROADS; RAILS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; TRANSPORTATION;

COMPLIANCE; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING SIMULATOR; FLASHING LIGHTS; PASSIVE LEVEL CROSSINGS; RAILWAY LEVEL CROSSING; SAFETY BENEFITS; SIGN CONDITIONS;

TRAFFIC SIGNS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RAILWAY; RURAL AREA; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 79551610254     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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