An examination of the impact of five grade-crossing safety factors on driver decision making
| Autor: | Jordan Multer, Michelle Yeh, Thomas Raslear |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Engineering
Safety factor business.industry 05 social sciences Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Transportation Level crossing 030210 environmental & occupational health Occupational safety and health Transport engineering Sight 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Aeronautics Injury prevention 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business Safety Research 050107 human factors Reliability (statistics) |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Transportation Safety & Security. 8:19-36 |
| ISSN: | 1943-9970 1943-9962 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19439962.2014.959584 |
| Popis: | The authors applied signal detection theory to model the impact of five grade-crossing safety factors to understand their impact on driver decision making. The safety factors were improving commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver safety through federal regulations, increasing locomotive conspicuity with alerting lights, increasing locomotive conspicuity with reflectors, increasing sight lines, and improving warning device reliability. The authors estimated sensitivity and bias for eight warning devices associated with each safety factor. The authors also calculated the proportion of variance accounted for by each safety factor and device type to examine the reliability of each on grade-crossing safety. Driver decision making improved due to the warning device type and the introduction of the safety factor. Of the two, warning devices exerted the most impact because they encouraged drivers to stop at grade crossings. Regulations to improve CMV driver safety, alerting lights, sight lines, and reflecto... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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