The effects of on-street parking and road environment visual complexity on travel speed and reaction time

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 759-765

  Edquist, Jessica ^a   Rudin Brown, Christina M ^a   Lenné, Michael G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving simulation; Driving task difficulty; Risk compensation; Road safety

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL ROADS; COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTS; CRASH RISK; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING SIMULATION; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; DRIVING TASKS; MENTAL WORKLOAD; ON-STREET PARKING; PERIPHERAL DETECTION TASKS; ROAD ENVIRONMENT; ROAD SAFETY; SPEED CHOICE; SPEED COMPENSATION; TRAVEL SPEED; URBAN ROAD; VISUAL COMPLEXITY;

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HAZARDS; PEDESTRIAN SAFETY; SPEED;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; WORKLOAD;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PARKING FACILITIES; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SOFTWARE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856080138     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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