EVALUATION OF DRIVER CHARACTERISTICS ON EXPRESSWAYS

This paper describes evaluation and classification methods for driver characteristics on expressways. The investigations have been carried out in four stages. First a questionnaire of 149 drivers was conducted to confirm the initial classification method of drivers' characteristics. The drivers included males and females from 18 to 61 years old. Four types of drivers were classified by the questionnaires. Those were: aggressive (A type), keep speed (B type), following (C type), and safety (D type). Second, a driving test was used to confirm those driver types with four drivers selected from each type, for a total of 16 drivers. Third, 11 drivers were selected as a sample of the motoring population to carry out an investigation on the Keiyo expressway in Japan, using a test vehicle. The test vehicle was installed with accelerator, brakes, engine speed and vehicle speed sensors. Galvanic skin response (GSR) and drivers' view point devices were also installed to collect the psychological data of the driver. The surrounding of the vehicle was monitored by a video camera on a helicopter which was chasing the vehicle. The fourth stage was evaluation of these data using a hyperbolic function. The findings are based upon the results of investigations that driver characteristics could be estimated by the desired speed and the desired spacing using parameters of the hyperbolic function. It is concluded that driver type can be estimated by questionnaire and can be applied to traffic flow simulation.

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• Authors:
  • Nakayama, H
  • Fujimoto, S
  • Miura, N
  • MATSUMOTO, K
  • Sakamoto, K
• Conference:
  • Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Future. Abstracts of the Third World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems
  • Location: Orlando, Florida
  • Date: 1996-10-14 to 1996-10-18
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Evaluation and assessment; Expressways; Galvanic skin response; Human characteristics; Psychological tests; Questionnaires; Traffic simulation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00741345
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 9 1997 12:00AM