Conference paper
Complex cognitive interactions in a badly designed world: investigating the underlying causes of collisions between distinct road users
Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, pp.1-12
Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education (ARSRPE) Conference: Vision, Action, Results, 2013 (Brisbane, Australia, 28-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
Australasian College of Road Safety
2013
Abstract
Collisions between distinct road users (e.g. drivers and riders, drivers and cyclists) make a substantial contribution to the road trauma burden. Although evidence suggests different road users interpret the same road situations differently, it is not clear how their situation awareness differs, nor is it clear which differences might lead to conflicts. This article presents the findings from a major on-road study which was conducted to examine driver, cyclist and motorcyclist situation awareness in different road environments. The findings suggest that drivers, motorcyclists, and cyclists develop markedly different situational understandings even when operating in the same road environments. Examination of these differences indicate that they are likely to be compatible along arterial roads, shopping strips and at roundabouts, but that they may create conflicts between the different road users at intersections. The key role of road design in supporting compatible situation awareness and behaviour across different road users is discussed.
Details
- Title
- Complex cognitive interactions in a badly designed world: investigating the underlying causes of collisions between distinct road users
- Authors
- Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and BusinessM G Lenne (Author) - Monash UniversityGuy H Walker (Author) - Heriot-Watt University, United KingdomA J Filtness (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, pp.1-12
- Conference details
- Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education (ARSRPE) Conference: Vision, Action, Results, 2013 (Brisbane, Australia, 28-Aug-2013–30-Aug-2013)
- Publisher
- Australasian College of Road Safety
- Date published
- 2013
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2013 The Author. Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. This paper can be found in the online database of papers for this conference at http://acrs.org.au/publications/conference-papers/database/.
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448637202621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
- Research Statement
- false
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