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Title:

Influence of Temperature on Bus Driver Mood State, Reaction Ability, and At-fault Accident Risk

Accession Number:

01623288

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

High temperatures can affect bus drivers’ mood states, reaction ability, and even increase the risk of accident. POMS scale is used to measure the effect of temperature on mood. Reaction ability is evaluated by testing speed anticipation, choice reaction and action judgment. At-fault accident risk is analyzed by estimating a logit model. Data for the analysis are from questionnaire survey and instrument test in Harbin from July to October in 2014. 680 bus drivers participate in the investigation and 654 questionnaires and 605 test data are collected. The results show that bus drivers do not display apparent negative emotions (tension, depression, angry and confusion) except fatigue under different temperatures, but these mood states increase with temperature. The ability of speed estimation, reaction time and action judgment significantly decreases with the increase of temperature. There is no significant difference of the number of choice error during different temperatures. The factors of age (55-60 years old), driving experience (>5 years), continuous work time, confusion, the number of reaction error, the number of judgment error, and temperature (>35° C) are significantly correlated to at-fault accident. The findings of the current study provide a comprehensive picture of bus drivers’ response at high temperatures and could help to take targeted measures to reduce the negative impact of heat exposure.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP050 Standing Committee on Bus Transit Systems. Alternate title: Influence of Temperature on Bus Driver’s Mood State, Reaction Ability, and At-fault Accident Risk.

Monograph Accession #:

01618707

Report/Paper Numbers:

17-00619

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Sun, Xianglong
Feng, Shumin
Li, Zhenning

ORCID 0000-0002-0877-6829

Pagination:

13p

Publication Date:

2017

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2017-1-8 to 2017-1-12
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

References; Tables

Subject Areas:

Environment; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-00619

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 8 2016 10:07AM