STUDY OF THE HUMAN TRAIT OF MAINTAINING OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CARS
The stability of car-following was examined utilizing a newly developed recorder of the distance between cars. Eight college and graduate school students (7 men, 1 woman) participated in the experiment. At varying speeds, the drivers followed the lead car under the instructions of maintaining a 15 m distance between cars, maintaining this distance by counting 1 second, and then again maintaining the distance by counting the beats on a metronome set at 1-second intervals. Results showed the most stability of driving under the instruction of the metronome with 1-second intervals at various speeds. Similar results were achieved under the instructions of the metronome with 3-second intervals at various speeds. Introducing a device which provides a driver with an objective count seems to be effective in maintaining a stable distance between cars.
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Corporate Authors:
Kyushu Univ, Research Inst for Appl Mech
87 Hakozaki Machi, Higashi-ku
Fukuoka 812, Japan -
Authors:
- MATSUKI, Y
- SHIDOJI, K
- Kitamura, F
- MATSUNAGA, K
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 71-74
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Serial:
- Research Reports on Info. Science and Electrical Engineering
- Volume: 2
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Kyushu Univ, Research Inst for Appl Mech
- ISSN: 1342-3819
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile drivers; Automobile travel; Behavior; Car following; Driving; Following distance; Operating speed; Speed and delay studies; Traffic speed
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I73: Traffic Control;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00791438
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 26 2000 12:00AM