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Huang J, Hu Y, Hu L, Guo G, Gao K. The correlation between drivers' road familiarity and glance behavior using real vehicle experimental data and mathematical models. TRAFFIC INJURY PREVENTION 2024; 25:705-713. [PMID: 38709142 DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2024.2324915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Road familiarity is an important factor affecting drivers' visual features. Analyzing the quantitative correlation between drivers' road familiarity and visual features in complex environment is of great help to improve driving safety. However, there are few relevant studies. This paper takes urban plane intersection as the environmental object to explore the correlation between drivers' glance behavior and road familiarity, and conducts research on the quantitative evaluation model of road familiarity based on this correlation. METHOD First, a real vehicle experiment was carried out to record the eye movement data of 24 drivers with different road familiarity. The driver's visual field plane was divided into 10 areas of interest (AOIs) based on the driver's perspective. Three measures, including average glance duration, number of glances, and fixation transition probabilities between AOIs at urban plane intersections, were extracted. Finally, based on the experimental results, the driver road familiarity evaluation model was constructed using the factor analysis method. RESULTS There are significant differences between unfamiliar and familiar drivers regarding the average glance duration toward the forward (FW) area, the left window (LW) area, the left rearview mirror (LVM) area and the left forward (LF) area, the number of glances toward the other (OT) area, and the fixation transition probabilities of LW→RF (right forward), LF→LF, LF→FW, FW→LW, FW→FW, FW→RVM (right rearview mirror). The comprehensive evaluation results show that the accuracy rate of the driver road familiarity evaluation model reached 83%. CONCLUSIONS This paper revealed that there is a strong correlation between drivers' road familiarity and drivers' glance behavior. Based on this correlation, we can include road familiarity as a part of drivers' working status and establish a high accuracy evaluation model of driver road familiarity. The conclusion of this paper can provide some reference for the humanized design and improvement of advanced driving assistance system, which is of great significance for reducing the driving workload of drivers and improving the driving safety.
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- Jing Huang
- College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China
- Hunan Province Key Laboratory of Safety Design and Reliability Technology for Engineering Vehicle, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha, China
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- Zhejiang Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicles Group Co., Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Zhong H, Wang L, Su Z, Liu G, Ma W. Characteristics identification and evolution patterns analyses of road chain conflicts. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2024; 195:107395. [PMID: 38086103 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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Chain conflicts would cause chain-reaction crashes, which might result in elevated fatality rates. Chain conflicts describe a phenomenon wherein evasive actions taken by a following vehicle's driver after a conflict impact nearby vehicles, which occur frequently but are reported less often. To effectively reduce conflict risk, comprehending the evolution patterns of chain conflicts under varied traffic conditions and road segments is crucial, in order to make chain conflicts management strategies. Initially, rear-end or sideswipe conflicts between two vehicles are identified based on vehicle trajectory data captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle group. Subsequently, a chain conflict identification algorithm is proposed, considering the randomness of occurrence time and fluctuation of impact duration, to link individual conflicts. Chain conflict rates exhibit significant variations across different road segments under diverse traffic conditions. Multiple risk and propagation indicators are extracted to unveil latent characteristics of chain conflicts from a high-level perspective. Based on prominent characteristic disparities, three evolution patterns are identified, i.e., Longitudinal Risk Decrease Pattern, Longitudinal Risk Increase Pattern, and Comprehensive High-risk Persistent Pattern. Spatial-temporal high-risk areas associated with each pattern are determined, and transition probabilities between patterns are calculated. The results indicate that these patterns tend to remain stable, with transitions mainly occurring from low-risk to high-risk patterns. Moreover, strategies to reduce conflict risk are proposed based on the characteristics of different patterns. This study holds great significance in understanding chain conflict evolution patterns and preventing chain-reaction crashes.
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- Hao Zhong
- The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China
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- The Department of Computer Science Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Road and Traffic Engineering of the Ministry of Education Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China.
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Kar P, Kumar S, Samalla S, Chunchu M, Ravi Shankar KVR. Exploratory analysis of evasion actions of powered two-wheeler conflicts at unsignalized intersection. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2024; 194:107363. [PMID: 37918091 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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The study investigates the braking and steering evasions of powered two-wheelers (PTWs) during severe conflicts observed at an unsignalized intersection. Traffic conflicts were detected using a surrogate safety indicator called anticipated collision time (ACT). Then the peak-over-threshold approach was used to identify the severe conflicts and the evasive actions. Conflicts between right-turning PTWs and through-moving vehicles, through-moving PTWs crossing through-moving vehicles, and merging/diverging PTWs were analyzed using the minimum ACT (ACTmin), maximum deceleration rate (DRmax), maximum yaw rate (YRmax), and time of evasive action (TEA). The evasive actions were classified into five categories: driver/rider error, no-evasion, braking-only, steering-only, and both braking and steering. Analysis reveals that right-turning PTWs experience higher crash risk (0.7 %) than the other movements. PTW riders primarily employ extreme steering maneuvers (greater than 13 degrees/s) to evade conflicts, whereas braking rates lie in the normal ranges (less than 1.5 m/s2). The time of evasive action varies between 2.04 and 2.44 s, with the right-turning PTW riders responding early. Through-moving riders commit errors while evading severe conflicts and perform fewer evasive actions than right-turning and merging/diverging riders. Right-turning riders perform more steering-only evasions than braking-only, whereas the riders involved in the other two conflicts execute more braking-only evasions. These findings suggest that conflict type influences riders' braking and steering responses. Hence, future applications in advanced driver/rider assistance systems and training programs should consider appropriate evasive action strategies for different conflict types.
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- Pranab Kar
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.
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Basulto-Elias G, Hallmark S, Barnwal A, Sharma A, Rizzo M, Merickel J. Strategy and safety at stop intersections in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and visual decline. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 2023; 22:100939. [PMID: 38283865 PMCID: PMC10811907 DOI: 10.1016/j.trip.2023.100939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2024]
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This study assessed the impact of age-related cognitive and visual declines on stop-controlled intersection stopping and scanning behaviors across varying roadway, traffic, and environmental challenges. Real-world driver data, collected from drivers' personal vehicles using in-vehicle sensor systems, was analyzed in 68 older adults (65-90 years old) with and without mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and with a range of age-related visual declines. Driver behavior, environmental characteristics, and traffic characteristic were examined across 2,596 approaches at 173 stop-controlled intersections. A mixed-effects logistic regression modeled stopping behavior as a binary response (full stop or rolling/no-stop). Overall, drivers who scanned more on intersection approaches (OR = 0.77) or had more visual decline (OR = 2.28) were more likely to make full stops at a stop-controlled approach. Drivers with a contrast sensitivity logMAR score > 0.8 showed the greatest probability of making a full stop compared across all drivers. Drivers without MCI were ~ 5 times more likely to come to a full stop when they scanned more (23 % versus 5 % when they scanned less) compared to drivers with MCI, who were only twice as likely to stop (14 % versus 6 % when they scanned less). Drivers were more likely to fully stop on two-lane roadways (1.5 %), during night (2.0 %), and at intersections with opposing vehicles (10.4 %). Findings illuminate how driver strategies interact with underlying impairment. While drivers with visual decline adopt strategies that may improve safety, when drivers with MCI adopt strategies it did not result in the same degree of improvement in stopping which may result in greater risk.
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- Guillermo Basulto-Elias
- Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University, 2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University, 2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University, 2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University, 2711 S. Loop Drive, Suite 4700, Ames, IA 50010, USA
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985880 Nebraska Me, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5800 USA
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985880 Nebraska Me, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5800 USA
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Alam MR, Batabyal D, Yang K, Brijs T, Antoniou C. Application of naturalistic driving data: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2023; 190:107155. [PMID: 37379650 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2023.107155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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The application of naturalistic driving data (NDD) has the potential to answer critical research questions in the area of driving behavior assessment, as well as the impact of exogenous and endogenous factors on driver safety. However, the presence of a large number of research domains and analysis foci makes a systematic review of NDD applications challenging in terms of information density and complexity. While previous research has focused on the execution of naturalistic driving studies and on specific analysis techniques, a multifaceted aggregation of NDD applications in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) research is still unavailable. In spite of the current body of work being regularly updated with new findings, evolutionary nuances in this field remain relatively unknown. To address these deficits, the evolutionary trend of NDD applications was assessed using research performance analysis and science mapping. Subsequently, a systematic review was conducted using the keywords "naturalistic driving data" and "naturalistic driving study data". As a result, a set of 393 papers, Published between January 2002-March 2022, was thematically clustered based on the most common application areas utilizing NDD. the results highlighted the relationship between the most crucial research domains in ITS, where NDD had been incorporated, and application areas, modeling objectives, and analysis techniques involving naturalistic databases.
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- Md Rakibul Alam
- Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium
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- Chair of Transportation Systems Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Zhang X, Yan X. Predicting collision cases at unsignalized intersections using EEG metrics and driving simulator platform. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2023; 180:106910. [PMID: 36525717 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2022.106910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 10/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Unsignalized intersection collision has been one of the most dangerous accidents in the world. How to identify road hazards and predict the potential intersection collision ahead are challenging problems in traffic safety. This paper studies the feasibility of EEG metrics to forecast road hazards and presents an improved neural network model to predict intersection collision based on EEG metrics and driving behavior. It is demonstrated that EEG metrics show significant differences between collision and non-collision cases. It indicates that EEG metrics can serve as effective indicators to predict the collision probability. The drivers with higher relative power in fast frequency band (alpha and beta), lower relative power in slow frequency band (delta and theta) are more likely to have conflicts. The prediction using three machine learning models (Multi-layer perceptron (MLP), Logistic regression (LR) and Random forest (RF)) based on three input datasets (only EEG metrics, only driving behavior and combined EEG metrics with driving behavior) are compared. The results show that for single time point prediction, MLP model has the highest accuracy among three machine learning models. The model solely based on EEG metrics datasets has higher accuracy than driving behavior as well as combined datasets. However, for multi-time point prediction, the accuracy of MLP is only 73.9%, worse than LR and RF. We improved the MLP model by adding attention mechanism layer and using random forest model to select important features. As a consequence, the accuracy is greatly improved and reaches 88%. This study demonstrates the importance and feasibility of EEG signals to identify unsafe drivers ahead. The improved neural network model can be helpful to reduce intersection accidents and improve traffic safety.
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- Xinran Zhang
- China North Artificial Intelligence & Innovation Research Institute, Beijing 100072, China.
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- School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China.
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Ma Y, Xu J, Gao C, Mu M, E G, Gu C. Review of Research on Road Traffic Operation Risk Prevention and Control. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:12115. [PMID: 36231418 PMCID: PMC9564786 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 09/13/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Road traffic safety can be ensured by preventing and controlling the potential risks in road traffic operations. The relevant literature was systematically reviewed to identify the research context and status quo in the road traffic operation risk prevention and control field and identify the key study contents needing further research. As research material, the related English and Chinese literature published between 1996 and 2021 (as of 31st December 2021) was obtained through the Web of Science Core Collection and Chinese Science Citation Database. These research materials include 22,403 English and 7876 Chinese papers. Based on the bibliometrics, this study used CiteSpace software to conduct keyword co-occurrence analysis in the field. The results show that the relevant research topics mainly covered the risks of drivers, vehicles, roads, and the traffic environment. In the aspect of driver risks, the studies focused on driving behavior characteristics. In terms of vehicle risks, the related studies were mainly about the vehicle control system, driving assistance system, hazardous material transportation, automated driving technology, safe driving speed, and vehicle collision prediction. For the road risks, the safe driving guarantee of high-risk road sections, driving risks at intersections, and safe road alignment design were the three study hotspots. In terms of traffic environment risks, identifying traffic risk locations and driving safety guarantees under adverse weather conditions were the two main research highlights. Moreover, mathematical modeling was the main method for studying road traffic operation risk. Furthermore, the impact of environmental factors on drivers, the emergency rescue system for road traffic accidents, the connection between automated driving technology and safe driving theory, and the man-machine hybrid traffic flow characteristics are the subjects needing further research.
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- Yongji Ma
- School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
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- School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
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- School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
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- Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co., Ltd., Jinan 250098, China
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- Shandong Hi-Speed Group Co., Ltd., Jinan 250098, China
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- School of Highway, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710064, China
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Zhang Y, Li X, Yu Q, Yan X. Developing a two-stage auditory warning system for safe driving and eco-driving at signalized intersections: A driving simulation study. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2022; 175:106777. [PMID: 35901607 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2022.106777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In-vehicle intersection warning systems represent a promising approach for informing drivers of potential danger to reduce crashes and improve intersection safety. However, there is limited research on drivers' eco-driving performances, such as fuel consumption and emission, when drivers adapt their behaviors to the systems. In this study, an innovative two-stage in-vehicle intersection warning system was proposed to reduce red-light running (RLR) violations. Forty-five drivers participated in a simulated driving experiment and their driving performances at the intersections were evaluated to examine the effectiveness of the warning system. The measures included stop/go decision, RLR rate, average speed and deceleration, brake transition time, brake level, fuel consumption, and emission of CO and NOx. The results indicated that the warning system had a positive effect on drivers' safe driving and eco-driving performances, such as reducing the RLR rate, advancing and smoothing the deceleration and reducing fuel consumption and emission. Moreover, the impact of warning on drivers' performances varied with the time to the onset of yellow light. The research has practical implications for the automobile industry to use vehicle-to-infrastructure technology in the design of in-vehicle warning systems to improve driver behaviors at intersections.
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- Yuting Zhang
- College of Transportation Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, PR China
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q), Kelvin Grove, Queensland 4059, Australia.
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- College of Transportation Engineering, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, PR China
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- MOT Key Laboratory of Transport Industry of Big Data Application Technologies for Comprehensive Transport, School of Traffic and Transportation, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, PR China
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The Real-World Effects of Route Familiarity on Drivers’ Eye Fixations at Urban Intersections in Changsha, China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19159529. [PMID: 35954888 PMCID: PMC9368713 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19159529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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A crucial factor, route familiarity, can affect traffic safety. Nevertheless, focus on the influence of route familiarity on drivers’ eye fixations at urban intersections has received less attention. Identifying the real-world effect of route familiarity on drivers’ eye fixations at urban intersections in Changsha, China, was the objective of this study. Their visual fixation indicators were recorded while unfamiliar drivers and familiar drivers drove a 9 km-long route with nine intersections in an urban environment, but their effectiveness was indicated by the data collected 150 m before the lane stop and 50 m after the lane stop at these intersections. From the analysis of the extracted data, the results indicated that route familiarity could influence drivers’ processing times in the left window (LW) and other areas (OT). Compared with familiar drivers, unfamiliar drivers had longer processing times and higher mental workloads for the right front (RF). For the vehicle’s front (RF, FL, FR), the sampling rates and mental workloads of unfamiliar drivers were higher than those of familiar drivers, but it was the opposite for the driver’s sides (LW, RW) and rear (LM, RM, ReM). It was also indicated that the phenomenon said to increase familiarity with the route and make drivers more likely to be distracted in urban intersections had not been found. From the present findings, the effect of route familiarity on drivers’ eye fixations at urban intersections was confirmed. The high accident risk of familiar drivers could be partly explained by the decrement in drivers’ eye fixation strategies. However, the strategies could not account for the phenomenon that more familiar drivers are involved in rear-end accidents. Therefore, the reason can be investigated based on drivers’ visual scanning strategies, their physiological signals and driving behavior in the future.
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Xu J, Baliutaviciute V, Swan G, Bowers AR. Driving With Hemianopia X: Effects of Cross Traffic on Gaze Behaviors and Pedestrian Responses at Intersections. Front Hum Neurosci 2022; 16:938140. [PMID: 35898933 PMCID: PMC9309302 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.938140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Purpose We conducted a driving simulator study to investigate the effects of monitoring intersection cross traffic on gaze behaviors and responses to pedestrians by drivers with hemianopic field loss (HFL). Methods Sixteen HFL and sixteen normal vision (NV) participants completed two drives in an urban environment. At 30 intersections, a pedestrian ran across the road when the participant entered the intersection, requiring a braking response to avoid a collision. Intersections with these pedestrian events had either (1) no cross traffic, (2) one approaching car from the side opposite the pedestrian location, or (3) two approaching cars, one from each side at the same time. Results Overall, HFL drivers made more (p < 0.001) and larger (p = 0.016) blind- than seeing-side scans and looked at the majority (>80%) of cross-traffic on both the blind and seeing sides. They made more numerous and larger gaze scans (p < 0.001) when they fixated cars on both sides (compared to one or no cars) and had lower rates of unsafe responses to blind- but not seeing-side pedestrians (interaction, p = 0.037). They were more likely to demonstrate compensatory blind-side fixation behaviors (faster time to fixate and longer fixation durations) when there was no car on the seeing side. Fixation behaviors and unsafe response rates were most similar to those of NV drivers when cars were fixated on both sides. Conclusion For HFL participants, making more scans, larger scans and safer responses to pedestrians crossing from the blind side were associated with looking at cross traffic from both directions. Thus, cross traffic might serve as a reminder to scan and provide a reference point to guide blind-side scanning of drivers with HFL. Proactively checking for cross-traffic cars from both sides could be an important safety practice for drivers with HFL.
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- Jing Xu
- Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Envision Research Institute, Wichita, KS, United States
- *Correspondence: Jing Xu,
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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The Static and Dynamic Analyses of Drivers’ Gaze Movement Using VR Driving Simulator. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12052362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Drivers collect information of road and traffic conditions through a visual search while driving to avoid any potential hazards they perceive. Novice drivers with lack of driving experience may be involved in a car accident as they misjudge the information obtained by insufficient visual search with a narrower field of vision than experienced drivers do. In this regard, the current study compared and identified the gap between novice and experienced drivers in regard to the information they obtained in a visual search of gaze movement and visual attention. A combination of a static analysis, based on the dwell time, fixation duration, the number of fixations and stationary gaze entropy in visual search, and a dynamic analysis using gaze transition entropy was applied. The static analysis on gaze indicated that the group of novice drivers showed a longer dwell time on the traffic lights, pedestrians, and passing vehicles, and a longer fixation duration on the navigation system and the dashboard than the experienced ones. Also, the novice had their eyes fixed on the area of interests straight ahead more frequently while driving at an intersection. In addition, the novice group demonstrated less information at 2.60 bits out of the maximum stationary gaze entropy of 3.32 bits that a driver can exhibit, which indicated that their gaze fixations were concentrated. Meanwhile, the experienced group displayed approx. 3.09 bits, showing that their gaze was not narrowed on a certain area of interests, but was relatively evenly distributed. The dynamic analysis results showed that the novice group conducted the most gaze transitions between traffic lights, pedestrians and passing vehicles, whereas experienced drivers displayed the most transitions between the right- and left-side mirrors, passing vehicles, pedestrians, and traffic lights to find more out about the surrounding traffic conditions. In addition, the experienced group (3.04 bits) showed a higher gaze transition entropy than the novice group (2.21 bits). This indicated that a larger entropy was required to understand the visual search data because visual search strategies changed depending on the situations.
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An Eye-Tracking Study on the Effect of Different Signalized Intersection Typologies on Pedestrian Performance. SUSTAINABILITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/su14042112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Pedestrian safety is a well-known issue, such that many road safety associations emphasize measures to improve this aspect. One of the main conflict points is pedestrian crossings, where motorized and non-motorized traffic flows directly interact and where pedestrian attention and reaction are two elements that can strongly influence their safety. Nowadays, these aspects are often deviated by the use of smartphones to surf the Internet or social media. The aim of the present study is to find out (1) whether and how intersection typology affects pedestrian behavior, both in terms of attention and crossing performance, and (2) whether and how gaze and behavioral characteristics are affected by smartphone use and social media browsing. To achieve this goal, eye-tracking technology was used to obtain qualitative and quantitative information on the number of fixations, their duration, and reaction times of pedestrians. Additionally, from the eye-tracking videos, it was possible to derive pedestrian waiting times, crossing times, and speeds. Statistical tests were conducted to determine if there is a significant difference in pedestrian behavior at the three different types of intersections and in their behavior when using or not using their device. Results confirm the initial hypotheses and quantify the difference in pedestrian gaze behavior and crossing performance when walking across three different types of signalized crosswalks.
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With the development of intelligent automotive human-machine systems, driver emotion detection and recognition has become an emerging research topic. Facial expression-based emotion recognition approaches have achieved outstanding results on laboratory-controlled data. However, these studies cannot represent the environment of real driving situations. In order to address this, this paper proposes a facial expression-based on-road driver emotion recognition network called FERDERnet. This method divides the on-road driver facial expression recognition task into three modules: a face detection module that detects the driver’s face, an augmentation-based resampling module that performs data augmentation and resampling, and an emotion recognition module that adopts a deep convolutional neural network pre-trained on FER and CK+ datasets and then fine-tuned as a backbone for driver emotion recognition. This method adopts five different backbone networks as well as an ensemble method. Furthermore, to evaluate the proposed method, this paper collected an on-road driver facial expression dataset, which contains various road scenarios and the corresponding driver’s facial expression during the driving task. Experiments were performed on the on-road driver facial expression dataset that this paper collected. Based on efficiency and accuracy, the proposed FERDERnet with Xception backbone was effective in identifying on-road driver facial expressions and obtained superior performance compared to the baseline networks and some state-of-the-art networks.
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Real-Time Driving Behavior Identification Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 19:ijerph19010348. [PMID: 35010606 PMCID: PMC8750820 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19010348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Real-time driving behavior identification has a wide range of applications in monitoring driver states and predicting driving risks. In contrast to the traditional approaches that were mostly based on a single data source with poor identification capabilities, this paper innovatively integrates driver expression into driving behavior identification. First, 12-day online car-hailing driving data were collected in a non-intrusive manner. Then, with vehicle kinematic data and driver expression data as inputs, a stacked Long Short-Term Memory (S-LSTM) network was constructed to identify five kinds of driving behaviors, namely, lane keeping, acceleration, deceleration, turning, and lane changing. The Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and XGBoost algorithms were also employed as a comparison. Additionally, ten sliding time windows of different lengths were introduced to generate driving behavior identification samples. The results show that, using all sources of data yields better results than using the kinematic data only, with the average F1 value improved by 0.041, while the S-LSTM algorithm is better than the ANN and XGBoost algorithms. Furthermore, the optimal time window length is 3.5 s, with an average F1 of 0.877. This study provides an effective method for real-time driving behavior identification, and thereby supports the driving pattern analysis and Advanced Driving Assistance System.
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Schindler R, Bianchi Piccinini G. Truck drivers' behavior in encounters with vulnerable road users at intersections: Results from a test-track experiment. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2021; 159:106289. [PMID: 34340136 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Crashes involving cyclists and pedestrians in Europe cause the deaths of about 7600 persons every year. Both cyclists and pedestrians are especially exposed in crashes with motorized vehicles and collisions with trucks can lead to severe injury outcomes. The two most frequent crash scenarios between trucks and these vulnerable road users (VRU) are: a) when the truck wants to turn right at an intersection, with a cyclist riding parallel and planning to cross the intersection and b) when a pedestrian crosses in front of the truck in perpendicular direction to the movement of the truck. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)-that are expected to prevent or mitigate these crashes-benefit from detailed information about the behavior of truck drivers. This study is a first exploration of this research area, with the aim to assess how drivers negotiate the encounters with VRUs in the two scenarios described above. Thirteen participants drove an instrumented truck on a test-track. After some baseline recordings, the drivers experienced two laps where they encountered a cyclist target and a pedestrian target crossing their path. The results show that the truck drivers adapted their kinematic and visual behavior in the laps where the VRU targets were crossing the intersection, compared to the baseline laps. The speed profiles of the drivers diverged approximately 30 m from the intersection and glances were directed more often towards front right and right, during the scenario with the cyclist in comparison to baseline laps. For the scenario with the pedestrian crossing, the drivers changed their speed about 14 m from the intersection and glances were directed more often towards the front center, compared to baseline laps. As a result, both the speed and distance from the intersection at the end of the maneuver were significantly different between VRU and baseline laps. Overall, the findings provide valuable information for the design of ADAS that warn the drivers about the presence of a cyclist travelling in parallel direction or that intervene to avoid a collision with a cyclist or pedestrian.
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- Ron Schindler
- Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Vehicle Safety, Chalmers University of Technology, Hörselgången 4, 41756 Göteborg, Sweden.
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- Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Vehicle Safety, Chalmers University of Technology, Hörselgången 4, 41756 Göteborg, Sweden
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Analysis of Drivers’ Eye Movements on Roundabouts: A Driving Simulator Study. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13137463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Roundabouts are considered as one of the most efficient forms of intersection that substantially reduce the types of crashes that result in injury or loss of life. Nevertheless, they do not eliminate collision risks, especially when human error plays such a large role in traffic crashes. In this study, we used a driving simulator and an eye tracker to investigate drivers’ eye movements under cell phone-induced distraction. A total of 45 drivers participated in two experiments conducted under distracted and non-distracted conditions. The results indicated that, under distracting conditions, the drivers’ fixation duration decreased significantly on roundabouts, and pupil size increased significantly.
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Zubaidi H, Obaid I, Alnedawi A, Das S, Haque MM. Temporal instability assessment of injury severities of motor vehicle drivers at give-way controlled unsignalized intersections: A random parameters approach with heterogeneity in means and variances. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2021; 156:106151. [PMID: 33932818 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Unsignalized intersections are highly susceptible to traffic crashes compared to signalized ones. By taking into account temporal stability and unobserved heterogeneity, this study investigates the determinants of the injury severity of drivers involved in crashes at unsignalized intersections controlled by give-way (yield) signs. Mixed logit models with three approaches were employed, namely random parameters, random parameters with heterogeneity in means, and random parameters with heterogeneity in means and variances. The investigation covered four years (2015-2018) of motor vehicle crashes in South Australia, and the injury severity was categorized into no injury, minor injury, and severe injury. Log-likelihood ratio tests revealed that there is a significant temporal instability in the four years of crashes. Thus, each year was considered separately to avoid any potential erroneous conclusions and unreliable countermeasures. The study found 28 indicator variables were temporally unstable over the four years of crashes, such as driver gender, time of the crash, rear-end involvement, sideswipes, right-angle crash type, vehicle movement at crash time, and crash time. Whereas several variables were stable over the same period, for example, crashes within metropolitan areas were temporally stable over four years, crashes in dry pavement condition were temporally stable over three consecutive years. Four factors have temporal stability over two consecutive years: alcohol involvement crashes, hitting fixed objects, hitting cyclists, and crashes during winter. Overall, mixed logit models with heterogeneity in means and with/without variance performed better than the standard one. It is recommended that temporal instability be considered in order to avoid any potential inconsistent countermeasures.
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- Hamsa Zubaidi
- Roads and Transport Department, College of Engineering, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq; School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3212, United States.
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- Roads and Transport Department, College of Engineering, University of Al-Qadisiyah, Iraq; School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-3212, United States
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- School of Engineering, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria 3220, Australia
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- Texas A&M Transportation Institute, 1111 RELLIS Parkway, Bryan, TX 77807, United States
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- Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Science and Engineering Faculty, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Australia
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Li G, Liao Y, Guo Q, Shen C, Lai W. Traffic Crash Characteristics in Shenzhen, China from 2014 to 2016. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:1176. [PMID: 33525743 PMCID: PMC7908188 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18031176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Road traffic crashes cause fatalities and injuries of both drivers/passengers in vehicles and pedestrians outside, thus challenge public health especially in big cities in developing countries like China. Previous efforts mainly focus on a specific crash type or causation to examine the crash characteristics in China while lacking the characteristics of various crash types, factors, and the interplay between them. This study investigated the crash characteristics in Shenzhen, one of the biggest four cities in China, based on the police-reported crashes from 2014 to 2016. The descriptive characteristics were reported in detail with respect to each of the crash attributes. Based on the recorded crash locations, the land-use pattern was obtained as one of the attributes for each crash. Then, the relationship between the attributes in motor-vehicle-involved crashes was examined using the Bayesian network analysis. We revealed the distinct crash characteristics observed between the examined levels of each attribute, as well the interplay between the attributes. This study provides an insight into the crash characteristics in Shenzhen, which would help understand the driving behavior of Chinese drivers, identify the traffic safety problems, guide the research focuses on advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) and traffic management countermeasures in China.
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- Guofa Li
- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; (G.L.); (C.S.); (W.L.)
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- Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Division of Physical Resource Theory, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; (G.L.); (C.S.); (W.L.)
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China; (G.L.); (C.S.); (W.L.)
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Driver behavior is one of the most relevant factors affecting road safety. Many traffic situations require a driver to be able to recognize possible danger. In numerous works, aggressive driving is understood as unsafe and as a hazard entailing the risk of potential crashes. However, traffic safety is not the only thing affected by a vehicle operator’s driving style. A driver’s behavior also impacts the operating costs of a vehicle and the emission of environmental air pollutants. This is confirmed by numerous works devoted to the examination of the effect of driving style on fuel economy and air pollution. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of aggressive driving on fuel consumption and emission of air pollutants. The simulation was carried out based on real velocity profiles collected in real-world tests under urban and motorway driving conditions. The results of simulations confirm that an aggressive driving style causes a significant increase in both fuel consumption and emission of air pollutants. This is particularly apparent in urban test cycles, where an aggressive driving style results in higher average fuel consumption and in pollutant emissions as much as 30% to 40% above the average compared to calm driving.
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Dataset Construction from Naturalistic Driving in Roundabouts. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20247151. [PMID: 33322242 PMCID: PMC7764875 DOI: 10.3390/s20247151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A proper driver characterization in complex environments using computational techniques depends on the richness and variety of data obtained from naturalistic driving. The present article proposes the construction of a dataset from naturalistic driving specific to maneuvers in roundabouts and makes it open and available to the scientific community for performing their own studies. The dataset is a combination of data gathered from on-board instrumentation and data obtained from the post-processing of maps as well as recorded videos. The approach proposed in this paper consists of handling roundabouts as a stretch of road that includes 100 m before the entrance, the internal part, and 100 m after the exit. This stretch of road is then spatially sampled in small sections to which data are associated.
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Li G, Lai W, Qu X. Association between Crash Attributes and Drivers' Crash Involvement: A Study Based on Police-Reported Crash Data. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17239020. [PMID: 33287359 PMCID: PMC7730043 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17239020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Understanding the association between crash attributes and drivers’ crash involvement in different types of crashes can help figure out the causation of crashes. The aim of this study was to examine the involvement in different types of crashes for drivers from different age groups, by using the police-reported crash data from 2014 to 2016 in Shenzhen, China. A synthetic minority oversampling technique (SMOTE) together with edited nearest neighbors (ENN) were used to solve the data imbalance problem caused by the lack of crash records of older drivers. Logistic regression was utilized to estimate the probability of a certain type of crashes, and odds ratios that were calculated based on the logistic regression results were used to quantify the association between crash attributes and drivers’ crash involvement in different types of crashes. Results showed that drivers’ involvement patterns in different crash types were affected by different factors, and the involvement patterns differed among the examined age groups. Knowledge generated from the present study could help improve the development of countermeasures for driving safety enhancement.
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- Guofa Li
- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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Kale U, Rohács J, Rohács D. Operators' Load Monitoring and Management. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E4665. [PMID: 32824973 PMCID: PMC7506982 DOI: 10.3390/s20174665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Accepted: 08/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Due to the introduction of highly automated vehicles and systems, the tasks of operators (drivers, pilots, air traffic controllers, production process managers) are in transition from "active control" to "passive monitoring" and "supervising". As a result of this transition, the roles of task load and workload are decreasing while the role of the mental load is increasing, thereby the new type of loads might be defined as information load and communication load. This paper deals with operators' load monitoring and management in highly automated systems. This research (i) introduces the changes in the role of operators and requirements in load management, (ii) defines the operators' models, (iii) describes the possible application of sensors and their integration into the working environment of operators, and (iv) develops the load observation and management concept. There are some examples of analyses of measurements and the concept of validation is discussed. This paper mainly deals with operators, particularly pilots and air traffic controllers (ATCOs).
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- Utku Kale
- Department of Aeronautics, Naval Architecture and Railway Vehicles, Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary; (J.R.); (D.R.)
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V. P. Singh H, Mahmoud QH. NLP-Based Approach for Predicting HMI State Sequences Towards Monitoring Operator Situational Awareness. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20113228. [PMID: 32517145 PMCID: PMC7309108 DOI: 10.3390/s20113228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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A novel approach presented herein transforms the Human Machine Interface (HMI) states, as a pattern of visual feedback states that encompass both operator actions and process states, from a multi-variate time-series to a natural language processing (NLP) modeling domain. The goal of this approach is to predict operator response patterns for n−ahead time-step window given k−lagged past HMI state patterns. The NLP approach offers the possibility of encoding (semantic) contextual relations within HMI state patterns. Towards which, a technique for framing raw HMI data for supervised training using sequence-to-sequence (seq2seq) deep-learning machine translation algorithms is presented. In addition, a custom Seq2Seq convolutional neural network (CNN) NLP model based on current state-of-the-art design elements such as attention, is compared against a standard recurrent neural network (RNN) based NLP model. Results demonstrate comparable effectiveness of both the designs of NLP models evaluated for modeling HMI states. RNN NLP models showed higher (≈26%) forecast accuracy, in general for both in-sample and out-of-sample test datasets. However, custom CNN NLP model showed higher (≈53%) validation accuracy indicative of less over-fitting with the same amount of available training data. The real-world application of the proposed NLP modeling of industrial HMIs, such as in power generating stations control rooms, aviation (cockpits), and so forth, is towards the realization of a non-intrusive operator situational awareness monitoring framework through prediction of HMI states.
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- Harsh V. P. Singh
- Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada;
- Computers, Controls and Design Department, Ontario Power Generation, Pickering, ON L1W 3J2, Canada
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, ON L1G 0C5, Canada;
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Li G, Lai W, Sui X, Li X, Qu X, Zhang T, Li Y. Influence of traffic congestion on driver behavior in post-congestion driving. ACCIDENT; ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 2020; 141:105508. [PMID: 32334153 DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2020.105508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Traffic congestion is more likely to lead to aggressive driving behavior that is associated with increased crash risks. Previous studies mainly focus on driving behavior during congestion when studying congestion effects. However, the negative effects of congestion on driving behavior may also affect drivers' post-congestion driving. To fill this research gap, this study examined the influence of traffic congestion on driver behavior on the post-congestion roads (i.e., the roads travelled right after congestion). Twenty-five subjects participated in a driving simulation study. They were asked to complete two trials corresponding to post-congestion and non-congestion conditions, respectively. Driver behavior quantified by driving performance measures, eye movement measures, and electroencephalogram (EEG) measures was compared between the two conditions. Ten features were selected from the measures with statistical significance. The selected features were integrated to characterize drivers' response patterns using a hierarchical clustering method. The results showed that driver behavior in post-congestion situations became more aggressive, more focused in the forward area but less focused in the dashboard area, and was associated with lower power of the β-band in the temporal brain region. The clustering results showed more aggressive and lack-of-aware response patterns while driving in post-congestion situations. This study revealed that traffic congestion negatively affected driver behavior on the post-congestion roads. Practical implications for driving safety education was discussed based on the findings from the present study.
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- Guofa Li
- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Institute of Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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- Laboratory of Neural Engineering, College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China.
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Farooq D, Moslem S, Faisal Tufail R, Ghorbanzadeh O, Duleba S, Maqsoom A, Blaschke T. Analyzing the Importance of Driver Behavior Criteria Related to Road Safety for Different Driving Cultures. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:E1893. [PMID: 32183323 PMCID: PMC7143796 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17061893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2020] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Driver behavior has been considered as the most critical and uncertain criteria in the study of traffic safety issues. Driver behavior identification and categorization by using the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP) can overcome the uncertainty of driver behavior by capturing the ambiguity of driver thinking style. The main goal of this paper is to examine the significant driver behavior criteria that influence traffic safety for different traffic cultures such as Hungary, Turkey, Pakistan and China. The study utilized the FAHP framework to compare and quantify the driver behavior criteria designed on a three-level hierarchical structure. The FAHP procedure computed the weight factors and ranked the significant driver behavior criteria based on pairwise comparisons (PCs) of driver's responses on the Driver Behavior Questionnaire (DBQ). The study results observed "violations" as the most significant driver behavior criteria for level 1 by all nominated regions except Hungary. While for level 2, "aggressive violations" is observed as the most significant driver behavior criteria by all regions except Turkey. Moreover, for level 3, Hungary and Turkey drivers evaluated the "drive with alcohol use" as the most significant driver behavior criteria. While Pakistan and China drivers evaluated the "fail to yield pedestrian" as the most significant driver behavior criteria. Finally, Kendall's agreement test was performed to measure the agreement degree between observed groups for each level in a hierarchical structure. The methodology applied can be easily transferable to other study areas and our results in this study can be helpful for the drivers of each region to focus on highlighted significant driver behavior criteria to reduce fatal and seriously injured traffic accidents.
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- Danish Farooq
- Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary; (D.F.); (S.M.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary; (D.F.); (S.M.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Comsats University Islamabad, Wah Cantt 47040, Pakistan; (R.F.T.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria;
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- Department of Transport Technology and Economics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 1111 Budapest, Hungary; (D.F.); (S.M.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Comsats University Islamabad, Wah Cantt 47040, Pakistan; (R.F.T.); (A.M.)
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- Department of Geoinformatics, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria;
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Gomolka Z, Kordos D, Zeslawska E. The Application of Flexible Areas of Interest to Pilot Mobile Eye Tracking. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E986. [PMID: 32059455 PMCID: PMC7071422 DOI: 10.3390/s20040986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Recent progress in the development of mobile Eye Tracking (ET) systems shows that there is a demand for modern flexible solutions that would allow for dynamic tracking of objects in the video stream. The paper describes a newly developed tool for work with ET glasses, and its advantages are outlined with the example of a pilot study. A flight task is performed on the FNTP II MCC simulator, and the pilots are equipped with the Mobile Tobii Glasses. The proposed Smart Trainer tool performs dynamic object tracking in a registered video stream, allowing for an interactive definition of Area of Interest (AOI) with blurred contours for the individual cockpit instruments and for the construction of corresponding histograms of pilot attention. The studies are carried out on a group of experienced pilots with a professional pilot CPL(A) license with instrumental flight (Instrument Rating (IR)) certification and a group of pilots without instrumental training. The experimental section shows the differences in the perception of the flight process between two distinct groups of pilots with varying levels in flight training for the ATPL(A) line pilot license. The proposed Smart Trainer tool might be exploited in order to assess and improve the process of training operators of advanced systems with human machine interfaces.
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- Zbigniew Gomolka
- Institute of Computer Science, University of Rzeszow, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, Rzeszow University of Technology, 35-959 Rzeszow, Poland;
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- Department of Information Systems Applications, University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, 35-225 Rzeszow, Poland;
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