Crossing a two-way street: Comparison of young and old pedestrians

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-34

  Dommes, Aurélie ^a   Cavallo, Viola ^a   Dubuisson, Jean Baptiste ^a   Tournier, Isabelle ^a   Vienne, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Street crossing; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; HIGHWAY PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPLEX TASK; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; ROAD DESIGN; SAFETY MARGIN; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; STREET CROSSING; VEHICLE APPROACHES; VISUAL EXPLORATION;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; STREET-CROSSING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERY ELDERLY; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; STREET-CROSSING; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898997089     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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