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Title:

Eye Glance Behavior of Experienced and Inexperienced Maintenance Personnel During Spreading Operations

Accession Number:

01591987

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

This study investigated the eye glance behavior of experienced and inexperienced workers during their observation of road surface conditions and their spreading operations, and how information provision during spreading operations affected the eye glance behavior of the two groups. 11 maintenance personnel, consisting of experienced workers who had been working as spreading operators for at least two years and inexperienced workers who had no experience with spreading operations, took part. The study results are summarized as follows. (1) During the visual assessment of the surface condition, no statistically significant differences were seen between the experienced and the inexperienced workers. (2) During the spreading operation, both the experienced and the inexperienced workers paid less visual attention to the road ahead than they did during the visual assessment of the surface condition. This was attributed to the increased workload. The increased workload had greater impact on the eye glance behavior of the inexperienced workers than on that of the experienced workers. (3) The provision of information on the surface condition ahead during spreading operation is regarded as being effective at improving performance during spreading operations for both the experienced and the inexperienced workers, with the exception of the experienced workers who were thought to be adversely affected by the information device. The results suggest the need for the development and delivery of training focused on information and communication technology (ICT) for existing maintenance personnel.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHD65 Standing Committee on Winter Maintenance.

Monograph Accession #:

01584066

Report/Paper Numbers:

16-1769

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Takahashi, Naoto
Sato, Kenji
Tokunaga, Roberto A
Kiriishi, Makoto

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2016

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2016-1-10 to 2016-1-14
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; Photos; References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016 Paper #16-1769

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jan 12 2016 4:45PM