Advance yield markings and drivers' performance in response to multiple-threat scenarios at mid-block crosswalks

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-41

  Fisher, Donald ^a   Garay Vega, Lisandra ^a,b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b VOLPE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Drivers' performance; Driving simulator; Eye movements; Marked mid block crosswalks; Multi threat scenarios; Pedestrian crashes

Indexed keywords

DRIVING SIMULATOR; EYE FIXATIONS; MARKED MID-BLOCK CROSSWALKS; MULTI-THREAT SCENARIOS; PEDESTRIAN CRASHES; YIELDING BEHAVIOR;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; EYE MOVEMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WALKING;

EID: 80755172220     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.11.030     Document Type: Article

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