Heavy-truck drivers' following behavior with intervention of an integrated, in-vehicle crash warning system: A field evaluation

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 687-697

  Bao, Shan ^a   Leblanc, David J ^a   Sayer, James R ^a   Flannagan, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

heavy truck; in vehicle crash warning system; rear end crash; time headway

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; CRASH TYPE; FIELD EVALUATION; HEADWAY DISTANCE; HEAVY TRUCK; IN-VEHICLE; LONGITUDINAL DRIVING; REAR-END CRASHES; TIME HEADWAY; TRAFFIC CONFLICTS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; TREATMENT CONDITIONS;

ACCIDENTS; ALARM SYSTEMS; AUTOMOBILES; TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION; TRUCKS; VEHICLES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REACTION TIME; TRANSPORTATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867390188     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812439412     Document Type: Article

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