Mechanisms underlying cognitive conspicuity in the detection of cyclists by car drivers

Autor: Joceline Rogé, Fabrice Vienne, Daniel Ndiaye, Isabelle Aillerie, Jordan Navarro, Stéphane Aillerie
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Ergonomie et Sciences Cognitives pour les Transports (IFSTTAR/TS2/LESCOT), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Université de Lyon, Laboratoire Exploitation, Perception, Simulateurs et Simulations (IFSTTAR/COSYS/LEPSIS), Institut Français des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)-Communauté Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire d'Etude des Mécanismes Cognitifs, Département de Psychologie Cognitive & Neuropsychologie, Institut de Psychologie
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Automobile Driving
CYCLIST
Visual Acuity
Poison control
Human Factors and Ergonomics
Pedestrian
CAR DRIVING SIMULATOR
DISTANCE DE VISIBILITE
Car drivers
Transport engineering
PIETON
[SCCO]Cognitive science
CYCLISTE
11. Sustainability
0502 economics and business
Injury prevention
Humans
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Attention
Computer Simulation
Safety
Risk
Reliability and Quality
Visibility
050107 human factors
050210 logistics & transportation
PEDESTRIAN
05 social sciences
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Accidents
Traffic
Human factors and ergonomics
Cognition
Awareness
Collision
VISIBILITY DISTANCE
[SDE.ES]Environmental Sciences/Environmental and Society
Bicycling
Motorcycles
SIMULATEUR DE CONDUITE
Environment Design
Female
CONSPICUITY
Safety
Psychology
Zdroj: Accident Analysis and Prevention
Accident Analysis and Prevention, Elsevier, 2017, pp. 88-95. ⟨10.1016/j.aap.2017.04.006⟩
ISSN: 1879-2057
0001-4575
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.04.006⟩
Popis: Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate the visibility of cyclists for motorists in a simulated car driving task. Background In several cases involving collisions between cars and cyclists, car drivers failed to detect the latter in time to avoid collision because of their low conspicuity. Method 2 groups of motorists (29.2 years old), including 12 cyclist-motorists and 13 non-cyclist-motorists, performed a vulnerable road user detection task in a car-driving simulator. They had to detect cyclists and pedestrians in an urban setting and evaluate the realism of the cyclists, the traffic, the city, the infrastructure, the car driven and the situations. Cyclists appeared in critical situations derived from previous accounts given by injured cyclists and from cyclists’ observations in real-life situations. Cyclist’s levels of visibility for car drivers were either high or low in these situations according to the cyclists. Results Realism scores were similar and high in both groups. Cyclist-motorists had fewer collisions with cyclists and detected cyclists at a greater distance in all situations, irrespective of cyclist visibility. Several mechanisms underlying the cognitive conspicuity of cyclists for car drivers were considered. Conclusion The attentional selection of a cyclist in the road environment during car driving depends on top-down processing. Application We consider the practical implications of these results for the safety of vulnerable road users and future directions of research.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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