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
• 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