Rumble Strips in Centre of the Lane and the Effect on Sleepy Drivers

This study describes the effects of sleep loss on behavioural and subjective indicators of sleepiness on a road containing a milled rumble strip in the centre of the lane. In particular, attention was paid to behavioural and subjective indicators of sleepiness when using the centre lane rumble strip, and to possible erratic driving behaviour when hitting a rumble strip. Shift workers drove during the morning hours after a full night shift and after a full night sleep. The experiment was conducted in a moving base driving simulator on rural roads with a road width of 6.5 and 9 meters. Out of the 1,636 rumble strip hits occurring during the study, no indications were found of erratic driving behaviour associated with the jolt caused by making contact with the centre lane rumble strip. Comparing the alert condition with the sleep deprived condition, both the standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP) and the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS) increased for sleepy drivers. For the two road widths, the drivers drove closer to the centre line on the 6.5-meter road. The KSS and the SDLP increased with time on task. This simulator study indicates that rumble strips in the centre of the lane may be an alternative to centreline and edgeline rumble strips on narrow roads.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/indhealth/49/5/549/_pdf
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• Summary URL:
  • http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/indhealth/49/5/49_549/_article
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/2262281
• Authors:
  • Anund, Anna
  • Ahlstrom, Christer
  • Kecklund, Goran
  • Akerstedt, Torbjorn
• Publication Date: 2011

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 549-558
• Serial:
  • Industrial Health
  • Volume: 49
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: National Institute of Industrial Health
  • ISSN: 0019-8366
  • EISSN: 1880-8026

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Center lines; Countermeasures; Crash risk forecasting; Driving simulators; Fatigue (Physiological condition); High risk drivers; Highway safety; Human factors in crashes; Impaired drivers; Raised road markings; Ran off road crashes; Rumble strips; Rural highways; Sleep deprivation; Traffic lanes; Two lane highways
• Uncontrolled Terms: Lane departures
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01361648
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 2012 12:02PM