A simulator evaluation of effects of assistive technologies on driver cognitive load at railway-level crossings

Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

Volumn 8, Issue , 2016, Pages 56-69

  Larue, Grégoire S ^a   Rakotonirainy, Andry ^a   Haworth, Narelle L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

driver cognitive load; driving simulator; intelligent transport systems (ITS); railway level crossings (RLX)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973616972     PISSN: 19439962     EISSN: 19439970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439962.2015.1055413     Document Type: Article

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