Do cyclists make better drivers? Associations between cycling experience and change detection in road scenes

Vanessa Beanland; L J Hansen

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2017.07.013

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Do cyclists make better drivers? Associations between cycling experience and change detection in road scenes

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Do cyclists make better drivers? Associations between cycling experience and change detection in road scenes

Vanessa Beanland and L J Hansen

Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.106, pp.420-427

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2017.07.013

PMID: 28732320

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Abstract

change blindness

change detection

cyclists

drivers

situation awareness

Efficient processing of visual information is crucial to safe driving. Previous research has demonstrated that driving experience strongly affects attentional allocation, with large differences between novice and experienced drivers. Expanding on this, we explored the influence of non-driving experiences on attentional allocation by comparing drivers with and without cycling experience. Based on situation awareness field studies, we predicted cyclist-drivers would demonstrate superior performance. Participants were 42 experienced drivers (17 female, 25 male) aged 30-50 years (M = 39.8): 20 drivers and 22 cyclist-drivers. The experiment used a change detection flicker task, in which participants must determine whether two alternating images are identical (change-absent) or differ in a single detail (change-present). The changed object was either a road sign, car, pedestrian, or bicycle. Change target significantly affected both accuracy and response time: all participants were slower and less accurate at detecting changes to road signs, compared with when the change was a moving road user (i.e., car, pedestrian, bicycle). Accuracy did not differ significantly between groups, but cyclist-drivers were significantly faster than drivers at identifying changes, with the effect being largest for bicycle and sign changes. The results suggest that cycling experience is associated with more efficient attentional processing for road scenes. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd

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Title: Do cyclists make better drivers? Associations between cycling experience and change detection in road scenes
Authors: Vanessa Beanland (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
L J Hansen (Author) - Australian National University
Publication details: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol.106, pp.420-427
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2017.07.013
ISSN: 0001-4575
PMID: 28732320
Grants: Driving as a model for investigating and improving visual search abilities, DE150100083, Australian Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - ARC
Organisation Unit: Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450566302621
Output Type: Journal article

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