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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  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
• 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