Effects of Motorway Lighting on Workload and Driving Behaviour
This paper reviews a study initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management that had these two goals: to identify which measures are suitable for measuring workload in relation to lighting, and to investigate whether traffic flow data can be used to estimate workload, thus enabling a lighting adaptation mechanism based on workload. Based on a literature survey, an inventory was made of indicators and methods to quantify effects on driving behavior and workload effects due to motorway illumination. Based on this study, a set of measures and methods was selected, including a mentally loading secondary task. The results from this project showed that with relatively low traffic volumes after the evening rush hour a slightly higher mean speed was found. The same effect was not found when the evening rush hour was near its end; possibly the higher traffic volume influenced workload differently.
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Authors:
- Hogema, Jeroen H
- Veltman, Hans A
- van't Hof, Annelies
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Conference:
- International Conference of Traffic and Transport Psychology
- Location: Nottingham , England
- Date: 2004-9-0 to 2004-9-0
- Publication Date: 2005
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 355-368
- Monograph Title: Traffic and Transport Psychology: Theory and Application. Proceedings of the ICTTP 2004
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Behavior; Lighting; Speed; Street lighting; Traffic safety; Traffic volume; Visibility; Weather conditions; Workload
- Uncontrolled Terms: Illumination level; Speed reduction; Traffic conditions
- Geographic Terms: Netherlands
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01006714
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0080443796
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 3 2005 8:12AM