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Driving Simulator Evaluation of the Failure of an Audio In-vehicle Warning for Railway Level Crossings
Urban Rail Transit, Vol.1(3), pp.139-148
2015
Abstract
It is impracticable to upgrade the 18,900 Australian passive crossings as such crossings are often located in remote areas, where power is lacking and with low road and rail traffic. The rail industry is interested in developing innovative in-vehicle technology interventions to warn motorists of approaching trains directly in their vehicles. The objective of this study was therefore to evaluate the benefits of the introduction of such technology. We evaluated the changes in driver performance once the technology is enabled and functioning correctly, as well as the effects of an unsafe failure of the technology? We conducted a driving simulator study where participants (
N
= 15) were familiarised with an in-vehicle audio warning for an extended period. After being familiarised with the system, the technology started failing, and we tested the reaction of drivers with a train approaching. This study has shown that with the traditional passive crossings with RX2 signage, the majority of drivers complied (70 %) and looked for trains on both sides of the rail track. With the introduction of the in-vehicle audio message, drivers did not approach crossings faster, did not reduce their safety margins and did not reduce their gaze towards the rail tracks. However, participants’ compliance at the stop sign decreased by 16.5 % with the technology installed in the vehicle. The effect of the failure of the in-vehicle audio warning technology showed that most participants did not experience difficulties in detecting the approaching train even though they did not receive any warning message. This showed that participants were still actively looking for trains with the system in their vehicle. However, two participants did not stop and one decided to beat the train when they did not receive the audio message, suggesting potential human factors issues to be considered with such technology.
Details
- Title
- Driving Simulator Evaluation of the Failure of an Audio In-vehicle Warning for Railway Level Crossings
- Authors
- Grégoire S Larue (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyChristian Wullems (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Urban Rail Transit, Vol.1(3), pp.139-148
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1007/s40864-015-0018-5
- ISSN
- 2199-6679; 2199-6687
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99648952502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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