Driver Performance Approaching and Departing Curves: Driving Simulator Study

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 310-318

  Bella, Francesco ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

acceleration and deceleration rates; design consistency; driver performance; driving simulator; road safety

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891335954     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2013.813022     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Antonson, H, Ahlström, C, Wiklund, M, Blomqvist, G and Mårdh, S. 2013. Crash barriers and driver behavior: a simulator study. Traffic Inj Prev, 14 (8): 874 - 880.
2. Bella, F. The evaluation of design consistency: predicting models of operating speed on three-dimensional alignment from tests on driving simulator. Paper presented at: 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design; June 29-July 2, Chicago, IL
3. Bella, F. Operating speed predicting models on two-lane rural roads from driving simulation. Paper presented at: 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board; January 9-13, Washington, DC
4. Bella, F. 2007. Parameters for evaluation of speed differential: contribution using driving simulator. Transp Res Rec, 2023: 37 - 43.
5. Bella, F. 2008. Driving simulator for speed research on two-lane rural roads. Accid Anal Prev, 40: 1078 - 1087.
6. Bella, F. 2009. Can the driving simulators contribute to solving the critical issues in geometric design?. Transp Res Rec, 2138: 120 - 126.
7. Bella, F. 2011. How traffic conditions affect driver behavior in passing maneuver. Adv Transp Stud,: 113 - 126. Special Issue
8. Bella, F. 2013. Driver perception of roadside configurations on two-lane rural roads: effects on speed and lateral placement. Accid Anal Prev, 50: 251 - 262.
9. Bella, F and Calvi, A. 2013. Effects of simulated day and night driving on the speed differential in tangent-curve transition: a pilot study using driving simulator. Traffic Inj Prev, 14: 413 - 423.
10. Bella, F and D'Agostini, G. 2010. Combined effect of traffic and geometrics on rear-end collision risk: a driving simulator study. Transp Res Rec, 2165: 96 - 103.
11. Bertola, M A, Balk, S A and Shurbutt, J. 2012. Evaluating Driver Performance on Rural Two-Lane Horizontal Curved Roadways Using a Driving Simulator, Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Report No. FHWA-HRT-12-073
12. Cafiso, S. Experimental survey of safety condition on roadway stretches with alignment inconsistencies. Paper presented at: 2nd International Symposium on Highway Design, Mainz, Germany
13. Crisman, B, Marchionna, A, Perco, P, Robba, A and Roberti, R. Operating speed prediction model for two-lane rural roads. Paper presented at: 3rd International Symposium on Highway Geometric Design; June 29-July 2, Chicago, IL
14. Crisman, B, Perco, P, Robba, A and Roberti, R. 2007. Deceleration model for two-lane rural roads. Adv Transp Stud, 11: 19 - 32.
15. Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Interactive highway safety design model (IHSDM). Available at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/research/tfhrc/projects/safety/comprehensive/ihsdm/. Accessed December 152012
16. Figueroa, A M and Tarko, A P. 2007. Speed changes in the vicinity of horizontal curves on two-lane rural roads. J Transp Eng, 133 (4): 215 - 222.
17. Fisher, D, Rizzo, M, Caird, J and Lee, J D. 2011. Handbook of Driving Simulation for EngineeringMedicineand Psychology, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
18. Fitzpatrick, K and Collins, J. 2000. Speed-profile model for two-lane rural highways. Transp Res Rec, 1737: 42 - 49.
19. Fitzpatrick, K, Elefteriadou, L, Harwood, D W, Collins, J M, McFadden, J and Anderson, I B. 2000. Speed Prediction for Two-Lane Rural Highways, McLean, VA: Federal Highway Administration. Report No. FHWA-RD-99-171
20. Fitzsimmons, E J, Kvam, V, Souleyrette, R R and Nambisan, S S. 2013. Determining vehicle operating speed and lateral position along horizontal curves using linear mixed-effects models. Traffic Inj Prev, 14: 309 - 321.
21. Gibreel, G M, Easa, S M, Hassan, Y and El-Dimeery, I A. 1999. State of the art of highway geometric design consistency. J Transp Eng, 125: 305 - 313.
22. Hassan, Y. 2004. Highway design consistency refining the state of knowledge and practice. Transp Res Rec, 1881: 63 - 71.
23. Hirsh, M. 1987. Probabilistic approach to consistency of highway alignment. J Transp Eng, 113: 268 - 276.
24. Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. 2001. Ministerial Decree 5th November 2001. Geometric and Functional Standards for the Road Design. Official Gazette of the Italian Republic Rome, Italy
25. Kircher, K and Ahlstrom, C. 2012. The impact of tunnel design and lighting on the performance of attentive and visually distracted drivers. Accid Anal Prev, 47: 153 - 161.
26. Lamm, R, Psarianos, B and Mailaender, T. 1999. Highway Design and Traffic Safety Engineering Handbook, New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
27. Misaghi, P and Hassan, Y. 2005. Modeling operating speed and speed differential on two-lane rural roads. J Transp Eng, 131: 408 - 417.
28. NHTSA. Fatality Reporting Analysis System. 2011. Available at: http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx. Accessed online: October 152012
29. Ottesen, J and Krammes, R. 2000. Speed-profile model for a design-consistency evaluation procedure in the United States. Transp Res Rec, 1701: 76 - 85.
30. Transportation Research Board. 2011. Transportation Research Circular E-C151: Modeling Operating Speed. Synthesis Report, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board.
31. Van der Horst, A R and Hogema, J H. 2011. Driving simulator research on safe highway design and operation. Transp Res Rec, 2248: 87 - 95.
32. Zuriaga, A M, Garcia, A, Camacho Torregrosa, F J and D'Attoma, P. 2010. Modeling operating speed and deceleration on two-lane rural roads with Global Positioning System data. Transp Res Rec, 2171: 11 - 20.