Active Road Studs as an Alternative to Lighting on Rural Roads: Driver Safety Perception
| Autor: | Mike Maher, Jonathan Cowie, Richard Llewellyn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Geography Planning and Development lcsh:TJ807-830 active road studs lcsh:Renewable energy sources Management Monitoring Policy and Law junctions Perception 0502 economics and business 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Environmental impact assessment Marketing 050107 human factors lcsh:Environmental sciences media_common lcsh:GE1-350 050210 logistics & transportation Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment rural roads lcsh:Environmental effects of industries and plants crash countermeasures 05 social sciences Questionnaire Rural roads lcsh:TD194-195 driver perception Feeling Work (electrical) Sustainability Observational study Business road safety human factors street lighting |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 22 Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 9648, p 9648 (2020) |
| Popis: | Drivers, particularly with increasing age, cite driving at night as being problematic and feeling unsafe. Ultimately this may result in self-regulation and avoidance, with potentially negative health effects. The issue is commonly mitigated through provision of street lighting, but with it comes cost, environmental impact, and other negative effects. Research has suggested that provision of LED Active Road Studs may be of assistance to drivers at night. However, it is not known how implementation of this measure affects driver confidence, as research to date has focused on observational study of actual driving behaviour. The present work addresses this gap in knowledge using data from 698 respondents to a questionnaire survey of households around a recently treated route. Overall, 72% reported an increase in confidence driving at night, with key reasons cited as increased preview time and reduced glare. A total of 80% of respondents believed the overall safety of the study route had improved. Underlying confidence was found to be lower in females, with confidence increasing with mileage driven. This study is the first to suggest the use of active road studs may increase driver confidence and provide increased travel opportunities, particularly where street lighting is impractical or undesirable in terms of sustainability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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