DRIVING BEHAVIOR AND BLACKOUT IN THE TUNNEL

THE EFFECT OF EMERGENCY BLACKOUT IN A TUNNEL BEFORE AN EMERGENCY POWER SUPPLY WAS PROVIDED IS INVESTIGATED. THE EFFECTS OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT DURATIONS OF THE BLACKOUT WERE TESTED SUCH AS 210 MS., 240 MS. AND 420 MS. NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON DRIVING BEHAVIOR WERE FOUND FOR 5 SUBJECTS WHO DROVE THROUGH THE TUNNEL UNDER THESE EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS. ONLY THE RESULTS FROM THE QUESTIONNAIRE INDICATED CERTAIN PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE BLACKOUT BUT NO POSITIVE EFFECT ON DRIVING. FROM THE RESULTS OBTAINED, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE BLACKOUT WITH THE DURATION OF LESS THAN 400MS. DID NOT DISTURB DRIVING BEHAVIOR.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 5 Pp, 5 Fig, 4 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Nat Res Inst Police Science /Japan

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• Authors:
  • Kobayashi, M
  • YOSHIDA, H
  • Yanai, T
• Publication Date: 1968-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Lighting systems; Night vision; Psychological aspects; Questionnaires; Testing; Tunnels; Visual perception
• Old TRIS Terms: Blackout; Tunnel lighting
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220340
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1994 12:00AM