Car-following techniques: reconsidering the role of the human factor
Resumen: Keeping correct distance between vehicles is a fundamental tenet in road traffic. New road signs and markings appearing on motorways aid drivers in determining this distance. However, the ‘Nagoya experiment’ (Sugiyama et al., 2008) revealed correct distance made following safe while also eventually destabilizing traffic flow. When traffic becomes dense, most drivers keep the minimum safety distance and brake when the vehicle ahead decelerates. The resultant chain reaction along the entire line of closely following vehicles causes for no apparent reason a traffic stoppage, known as a ‘phantom’ or ‘shockwave’ jam. The car-following models of Sugiyama et al. found certain speeds, traffic densities, and inter-vehicular distances combined to congest traffic. Drawing upon these and other phenomena (e.g., wave movement in Nature), car following by Driving to keep Inertia (DI) was conceived by us as an alternative to Driving to keep Distance (DD). Three studies explored possible prevention of ‘phantom’ jams by adopting DI. Using a driving simulator, affective and behavioural measures were taken (N=113). The results comparing the efficiency of DI vs. DD are summarized. DI promoted a more stable driver
trajectory, in cognitive-affective and behavioural terms, and lowered fuel consumption by about 20%.

Idioma: Inglés
Año: 2017
Publicado en: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter ... Annual Conference 4 (2017), 47-56
ISSN: 2333-4959

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Tipo y forma: Congress (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Psicología Básica (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)

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