COLLISION AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOUR AND UNCERTAINTY

A review of world-wide collision statistics of the past 20 years indicates that, in spite of the expanded use of radar, the over-all collision rate remains alarmingly high. Because of radar's less than perfect record for preventing ship collisions, development of various types of collision avoidance systems has taken place. The implied promise in this development is that the computer-aided radar will provide a lasting answer to the collision avoidance problem. Motivated by such considerations, an experiment was conducted to the United States Maritime Administration's newly completed Computer Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF). The purpose was to study the human dynamics involved in collision avoidance behaviour on the bridge of a modern merchant ship, and to evaluate the advantages of a collision avoidance system (C.A.S). During the course of the experiment it was observed that test subjects made a large number of left turns when operating with radar and C.A.S. This paper presents preliminary results of an investigation into the potential confusion caused by such non-standard maneuveres when operating under the following conditions: (i) Visual only--no electronic aids,(ii) Radar, (iii) Collision avoidance system.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore
  London SW7,   England 

  Royal Institute of Navigation

  1 Kensington Gore
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Riek, J R
• Publication Date: 1978-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 82-92
• Serial:
  • Journal of Navigation
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISSN: 0373-4633
  • Serial URL: http://uk.cambridge.org/journals/nav

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash avoidance systems; Human error; Human factors engineering; Maneuverability; Maneuvering; Ship simulators
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173269
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Journal of Navigation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM