Comparison of Driver Brake Reaction Times to Multimodal Rear-end Collision Warnings
This study examined the effectiveness of rear-end collision warnings presented in different sensory modalities as a function of warning timing in a driving simulator. Drivers experienced four warning conditions: no warning, visual, auditory, and tactile. The warnings activated when the time-to-collision (TTC) reached a critical value of 3.0 or 5.0 s TTC. Driver reaction time (RT) was captured from the time the driver crossed the warning activation threshold to brake initiation. Mean driver RT data showed that the tactile warning significantly outperformed the visual warning, providing support for tactile displays as effective rear-end collision warnings.
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Corporate Authors:
University of Iowa, Iowa City
Public Policy Center
227 South Quadrangle
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Authors:
- Scott, Jeffrey J
- Gray, Rob
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Conference:
- Driving Assessment 2007: 4th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design
- Location: Stevenson Washington, United States
- Date: 2007-7-9 to 2007-7-12
- Publication Date: 2007
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: CD-ROM
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: pp 285-291
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 4th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training, and Vehicle Design, Stevenson, Washington, July 9-12, 2007
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Audible warning devices; Braking; Crash avoidance systems; Drivers; Highway safety; Reaction time; Rear end crashes; Traffic safety; Warning signals
- Uncontrolled Terms: Tactile warning devices; Visual warnings
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01055463
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9780874141580
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 14 2007 1:09PM