PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE CAR-FOLLOWING AND CAR-FOLLOWING MODELS
This commentary on an earlier article in this journal ("Car following: a historical review," Brackstone and McDonald, 1999) focuses primarily on 5 issues: 1) why has so much effort been devoted to car-following models?; 2) what assumptions do car-following models make about driver behavior?; 3) what factors influence car-following?; 4) what improvements can be made to car-following models?; and 5) is a normative model of traffic behavior necessary? The review concludes that differences between the approaches of traffic engineers and traffic psychologists to activities such as car-following have not led to a common understanding of behavior, which is required if the challenge of anticipating how people will drive in other circumstances with different in-car systems is to be successfully overcome.
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Authors:
- RANNEY, T A
- Publication Date: 1999-12
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 213-219
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour
- Volume: 2
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 1369-8478
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13698478
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Advanced vehicle control systems; Behavior; Car following; Drivers; Driving; Highway transportation; Traffic control; Traffic engineers; Traffic models; Traffic safety
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00791425
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 24 2000 12:00AM