Cooperative warning systems: The impact of false and unnecessary alarms on drivers’ compliance

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 97, Issue , 2016, Pages 162-175

  Naujoks, Frederik ^a   Kiesel, Andrea ^b   Neukum, Alexandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advisory warnings; Cry wolf effect; False alarms; Warning urgency

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ADVISORY WARNINGS; ASSISTED DRIVINGS; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; DRIVING SITUATIONS; FALSE ALARMS; SITUATIONAL CONTEXT; WARNING URGENCY; WOLF EFFECT;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ADULT; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988038470     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2016.09.009     Document Type: Article

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