Integrating Driving And Traffic Simulators For The Study Of Railway Level Crossing Safety Interventions: A Methodology

G Larue; I Kim; A Rakotonirainy; L Ferreira; N Haworth

doi:10.2495/CR120611

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Integrating Driving And Traffic Simulators For The Study Of Railway Level Crossing Safety Interventions: A Methodology

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Integrating Driving And Traffic Simulators For The Study Of Railway Level Crossing Safety Interventions: A Methodology

G Larue, I Kim, A Rakotonirainy, L Ferreira and N Haworth

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol.127, pp.719-730

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2495/CR120611

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railway level crossings

intelligent transport systems

driving and traffic simulations

Safety at Railway Level Crossings (RLXs) is an important issue within the Australian transport system. Crashes at RLXs involving road vehicles in Australia are estimated to cost $10 million each year. Such crashes are mainly due to human factors; unintentional errors contribute to 46% of all fatal collisions and are far more common than deliberate violations. This suggests that innovative intervention targeting drivers is particularly promising to help improve RLX safety. In recent years there has been a rapid development of a variety of affordable technologies which can be used to increase driver’s risk awareness around crossings. To date, no research has evaluated the potential effects of such technologies at RLXs in terms of safety, traffic and acceptance of the technology. Integrating driving and traffic simulations is a safe and affordable approach for evaluating these effects. This methodology will be implemented in a driving simulator, where we recreated realistic driving scenario with typical road environments and realistic traffic. This paper presents a methodology for evaluating comprehensively potential benefits and negative effects of such interventions: this methodology evaluates driver awareness at RLXs, driver distraction and workload when using the technology. Subjective assessment on perceived usefulness and ease of use of the technology is obtained from standard questionnaires. Driving simulation will provide a model of driving behaviour at RLXs which will be used to estimate the effects of such new technology on a road

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Title: Integrating Driving And Traffic Simulators For The Study Of Railway Level Crossing Safety Interventions: A Methodology
Authors: G Larue (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
I Kim (Author) - University of Queensland
A Rakotonirainy (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
L Ferreira (Author) - University of Queensland
N Haworth (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
Publication details: WIT Transactions on the Built Environment, Vol.127, pp.719-730
Publisher: W I T Press
DOI: 10.2495/CR120611
ISSN: 1743-3509
Organisation Unit: School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Road Safety Research Collaboration
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99679184402621
Output Type: Journal article

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