Journal article
Investigating the factors influencing cyclist awareness and behaviour: An on-road study of cyclist situation awareness
Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, Vol.24(4), pp.7-14
2013
Abstract
Situation awareness, one's 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 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.
Details
- 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 BusinessMichael G Lenne (Author) - Monash UniversityGuy H Walker (Author) - Heriot-Watt University, United KingdomA J Filtness (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Additional notes
- Winner of the Peter Vulcan Award for the best research paper, this peer reviewed paper was originally presented at the Australasian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference held at Brisbane, Queensland, 28-30 August 2013.
- Publication details
- Journal of the Australasian College of Road Safety, Vol.24(4), pp.7-14
- Publisher
- Australasian College of Road Safety
- Date published
- 2013
- ISSN
- 1832-9497
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2013 Australasian College of Road Safety. Reproduced here with permission of the copyright holder.
- Organisation Unit
- Centre for Human Factors and Systems Science; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99448992402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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