Investigating the factors influencing cyclist awareness and behaviour: an on-road study of cyclist situation awareness

Paul M Salmon; M G Lenne; Guy H Walker; A J Filtness

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Investigating the factors influencing cyclist awareness and behaviour: an on-road study of cyclist situation awareness

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Investigating the factors influencing cyclist awareness and behaviour: an on-road study of cyclist situation awareness

Paul M Salmon, M G Lenne, Guy H Walker and A J Filtness

Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, pp.1-10

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

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Situation awareness, ones understanding of 'what is going on', is a critical commodity for road users. Although the concept has received much attention in the driving context, situation awareness in vulnerable road users, such as cyclists, remains unexplored. This paper presents the findings from an exploratory on-road study of cyclist situation awareness, the aim of which was to explore how cyclists develop situation awareness, what their situation awareness comprises, and what the causes and of degraded cyclist situation awareness may be. Twenty participants cycled a pre-defined urban on-road study route. A range of data were collected, including verbal protocols, forward scene video and rear video, and a network analysis procedure was used to describe and assess cyclist situation awareness. The analysis produced a number of key findings regarding cyclist situation awareness, including the potential for cyclists' awareness of other road users to be degraded due to additional situation awareness and decision making requirements that are placed on them in certain road situations. Strategies for improving cyclists' situation awareness are discussed.

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Title: Investigating the factors influencing cyclist awareness and behaviour: an on-road study of cyclist situation awareness
Authors: Paul M Salmon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
M G Lenne (Author) - Monash University
Guy H Walker (Author) - Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
A J Filtness (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, pp.1-10
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: 99449079902621
Output Type: Conference paper

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