Conference paper
Safety at railway level crossings: Driver acceptance of potential ITS interventions
Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference
Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference, 2013 (Brisbane, Australia, 28-Aug-2013 - 30-Aug-2013)
Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS)
2013
Abstract
There is a continuing need to improve safety at Railway Level Crossings (RLX) particularly those that do not have gates and lights regulating traffic flow. A number of Intelligent Transport System (ITS) interventions have been proposed to improve drivers' awareness and reduce errors in detecting and responding appropriately at level crossings. However, as with other technologies, successful implementation and ultimately effectiveness rests with the acceptance of the technology by the end user. In the current research, four focus groups were held (n=38) with drivers in metropolitan and regional locations in Queensland to examine their perceptions of potential in-vehicle and road-based ITS interventions to improve safety at RLX. The findings imply that further development of the ITS interventions, in particular the design and related promotion of the final product, must consider ease of use, usefulness and relative cost.
Details
- Title
- Safety at railway level crossings: Driver acceptance of potential ITS interventions
- Authors
- Lisa Buckley (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyGregoire Larue (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyNarelle Haworth (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAndry Rakotonirainy (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 2013 Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference
- Conference details
- Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing & Education Conference, 2013 (Brisbane, Australia, 28-Aug-2013 - 30-Aug-2013)
- Publisher
- Australasian College of Road Safety (ACRS)
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Road Safety Research Collaboration
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99648951302621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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