Virtual driving trials to assist road sign design: A case study of Ohashi junction

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue 24, 2011, Pages 77-84

  Lorentzen, T ^a   Ito, Y ^a   Tazawa, S ^b   Goto, H ^c  

^a Nakameguro GT Tower 15F   (Japan)

^b Metropolitan Expressway Co   (Japan)

^c Airport Department Infrastructure and Industrial Development Division Oriental Consultants Global Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drive simulator; Driving behavior; Safety assessment; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING SIMULATION SYSTEM; ROAD MARKING; ROAD SIGNS; SAFETY ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; TOKYO , JAPAN; USER BEHAVIORS; ITS APPLICATIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DESIGN; ROAD AND STREET MARKINGS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

EID: 79960608547     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4399/97888548415127     Document Type: Article

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