01372761

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https://doi.org/10.3141/2298-11

http://scholar.google.com...wens&publication_year=2012

Driving is often considered a visually oriented task. This visual task is constrained when drivers drive at night. Visibility is reduced because visual cues available during the day are not present at night. This study attempted to develop a link between driver safety and the nighttime visual environment. This research required creating and integrating new technology, observing and collecting data, and developing a model framework called the Dynamic Driver Visual Model (DDVM). Conceptually, a DDVM is a system of rules, statistics, and expectations that can be used to define how a driver collects visual information from the environment. Several information sources were investigated, and several dependent variables were identified. Data were collected on how information from signage, objects, lighting, pavement markings, and other vehicles moderates a driver’s visual search of the roadway environment. Several logistic regression analyses were performed on the collected data to identify common characteristics to be implemented in the DDVM. These variables included age, lighting, vehicle headlamps, several different objects, glance time, target luminance, and contrast information. The results suggest that a number of target and visibility elements have nonlinear effects on a driver’s detection performance at a variety of detection distances. This paper discusses the implications of these findings and the initial framework of the DDVM. Future research and additional data requirements are also discussed.

01450372

12-3783

English

pp 96–103

2012

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309223348

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Figures; References; Tables

Behavior; Data collection; Drivers; Logistic regression analysis; Night; Night visibility; Night vision; Road markings; Street lighting

Visual cues; Visual information

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Feb 8 2012 5:19PM

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