Coming out of nowhere: attention and motorcycle detection
Looked-but-failed-to-see crashes describe situations in which drivers look directly at an unexpected object on the road yet fail to see it. Motorcycles are well represented in such crashes. Psychologically, these crashes could be explained by inattentional blindness; this occurs when observers fail to notice unexpected, though clearly visible objects when their attention is engaged elsewhere. Here, a driving-related IB task demonstrated that motorcycles were less likely to be detected than other vehicles such as taxis. Participants were also more likely to report expecting to fail to see a motorcycle. This has important implications for increasing motorcycle awareness in terms of familiarity, salience and expectations of road users.
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Authors:
- Pammer, K
- Sabadas, S
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- Publication Date: 2016-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 2p
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2016 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 6-8 September, Canberra, Australia
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash types; Distraction; Driver performance; Drivers; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Vision; Vision tests
- Uncontrolled Terms: Human machine interface; Safe systems (road users)
- ATRI Terms: Crash type; Driver performance; Motorcyclist; Visual acuity; Visual performance
- Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01617952
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ITRD, ATRI
- Created Date: Nov 28 2016 2:36PM