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Effects of Driver Familiarity and Prolonged or Intermittent Right-Side Failure on Level Crossing Safety
Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: Part III, 12
AHFE Open Access, 17, AHFE International
2022
Abstract
This paper investigates the adverse effects of familiarity and human factors issues associated with the reliability of low-cost warning devices at level crossings. The driving simulator study featured a repetitive, low workload, monotonous driving task in which there were no failures of the level crossing (control) or prolonged or intermittent right-side failures (where the device reverts to a safe failure mode). The results of the experiment provided mixed support for the familiarity hypothesis. Four of the 23 participants collided with the train when it first appeared on trial 10 but safety margins increased from the first train to the next presentation of a train (trial 12). Contrary to expectations, the safety margins decreased with repeated right-side failure only for the intermittent condition. The limited head movement data showed that participants in the prolonged failure condition were more likely to turn their head to check for trains in the right-side failure trials than in earlier trials where there was no signal and no train. Few control participants turned their head to check for trains when no signal was presented. This research highlights the need to consider repetitive tasks and workload in experimental design and accident investigation at railway level crossings.
Details
- Title
- Effects of Driver Familiarity and Prolonged or Intermittent Right-Side Failure on Level Crossing Safety
- Authors
- Christian Wullems (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyNarelle Haworth (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyGregoire Larue (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAndrew Haines (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyMatthew Gildersleeve (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Contributors
- Neville A Stanton (Editor) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Systems ScienceSteven J Landry (Editor)Giuseppe Di Bucchianico (Editor) - University of Chieti-PescaraAndrea Vallicelli (Editor) - University of Chieti-Pescara
- Publication details
- Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation: Part III, 12; 1
- Series
- AHFE Open Access; 17
- Publisher
- AHFE International
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.54941/ahfe100748; 10.54941/ahfe100717
- ISSN
- 2771-0718
- Copyright note
- The authors of papers published in the AHFE Open Access Proceedings will retain full copyrights as specified by the provisions of the Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99984949902621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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