Journal article
Validation of a Driving Simulator Study on Driver Behavior at Passive Rail Level Crossings
Human Factors, Vol.60(6), pp.743-754
2018
PMID: 30016120
Abstract
Objective:
The behavioral validation of an advanced driving simulator for its use in evaluating passive level crossing countermeasures was performed for stopping compliance and speed profile.
Background:
Despite the fact that most research on emerging interventions for improving level crossing safety is conducted in a driving simulator, no study has validated the use of a simulator for this type of research.
Method:
We monitored driver behavior at a selected passive level crossing in the Brisbane region in Australia for 3 months (N = 916). The level crossing was then replicated in an advanced driving simulator, and we familiarized participant drivers (N = 54) with traversing this crossing, characterized by low road and rail traffic.
Results:
We established relative validity for the stopping compliance and the approach speed.
Conclusion:
This validation study suggests that driving simulators are an appropriate tool to study the effects of interventions at passive level crossing with low road and rail traffic, which are prone to reduced compliance due to familiarity.
Application:
This study also provides support for the findings of previous driving simulator studies conducted to evaluate compliance and approach speeds of passive level crossings.
Details
- Title
- Validation of a Driving Simulator Study on Driver Behavior at Passive Rail Level Crossings
- Authors
- Grégoire S. Larue (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyChristian Wullems (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyMichelle Sheldrake (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyAndry Rakotonirainy (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Human Factors, Vol.60(6), pp.743-754
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications, Inc.
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.1177/0018720818783507
- ISSN
- 1547-8181; 0018-7208
- PMID
- 30016120
- Copyright note
- Copyright (c) 2018. The author's accepted version is reproduced here in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy. The final definitive version: Larue GS, Wullems C, Sheldrake M, Rakotonirainy A. Validation of a Driving Simulator Study on Driver Behavior at Passive Rail Level Crossings. Human Factors. 2018;60(6):743-754. doi:10.1177/0018720818783507
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99649479202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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