Arrival-time judgments on multiple-lane streets : the failure to ignore irrelevant traffic

Autoren

Robin Baures
Daniel Oberfeld
Isabelle Tournier
Heiko Hecht
Viola Cavallo

Autoren-URL

https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=fis-test-1&SrcAuth=WosAPI&KeyUT=WOS:000331679100010&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.013

eISSN

1879-2057

Externe Identifier

Clarivate Analytics Document Solution ID: AB3GK
PubMed Identifier: 24445138

ISSN

0001-4575

Zeitschrift

ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION

Schlüsselwörter

Intersection-crossing
Time-to-arrival
Multiple gaps
Perceptual averaging

Paginierung

72 - 84

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2014

Status

Published

Titel

Arrival-time judgments on multiple-lane streets: The failure to ignore irrelevant traffic

Sub types

Article

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

65

Datenquelle: Web of Science (Lite)

Autoren

Robin Baurès
Daniel Oberfeld
Isabelle Tournier
Heiko Hecht
Viola Cavallo

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.013

ISSN

0001-4575

Zeitschrift

Accident Analysis & Prevention

Sprache

en

Paginierung

72 - 84

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2014

Status

Published

Herausgeber

Elsevier BV

Herausgeber URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.013

Datum der Datenerfassung

2018

Titel

Arrival-time judgments on multiple-lane streets: The failure to ignore irrelevant traffic

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

65

Datenquelle: Crossref

Abstract

How do road users decide whether or not they have enough time to cross a multiple-lane street with multiple approaching vehicles? Temporal judgments have been investigated for single cars approaching an intersection; however, close to nothing is known about how street crossing decisions are being made when several vehicles are simultaneously approaching in two adjacent lanes. This task is relatively common in urban environments. We report two simulator experiments in which drivers had to judge whether it would be safe to initiate street crossing in such cases. Matching traffic gaps (i.e., the temporal separation between two consecutive vehicles) were presented either with cars approaching on a single lane or with cars approaching on two adjacent lanes, either from the same side (Experiment 1) or from the opposite sides (Experiment 2). The stimuli were designed such that only the shortest gap was decision-relevant. The results showed that when the two gaps were in sight simultaneously (Experiment 1), street-crossing decisions were also influenced by the decision-irrelevant longer gap. Observers were more willing to cross the street when they had access to information about the irrelevant gap. However, when the two gaps could not be seen simultaneously but only sequentially (Experiment 2), only the shorter and relevant gap influenced the street-crossing decisions. The results are discussed within the framework of perceptual averaging processes, and practical implications for road safety are presented.

Addresses

IFSTTAR, LEPSIS, F-78000 Versailles, France; PRISSMH, Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3, Toulouse, France. Electronic address: robin.baures@univ-tlse3.fr.

Autoren

Robin Baurès
Daniel Oberfeld
Isabelle Tournier
Heiko Hecht
Viola Cavallo

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.013

eISSN

1879-2057

Externe Identifier

PubMed Identifier: 24445138

Funding acknowledgements

IFSTTAR:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Sachbeihilfe:

Open access

false

ISSN

0001-4575

Zeitschrift

Accident; analysis and prevention

Schlüsselwörter

Humans
Orientation
Risk-Taking
Probability Learning
Time Perception
Decision Making
Judgment
Attention
Environment Design
Safety
Automobile Driving
Computer Simulation
Adult
Female
Male

Sprache

eng

Medium

Print-Electronic

Online publication date

2014

Paginierung

72 - 84

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2014

Status

Published

Datum der Datenerfassung

2014

Titel

Arrival-time judgments on multiple-lane streets: The failure to ignore irrelevant traffic.

Sub types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal Article

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

65

Datenquelle: Europe PubMed Central

Abstract

How do road users decide whether or not they have enough time to cross a multiple-lane street with multiple approaching vehicles? Temporal judgments have been investigated for single cars approaching an intersection; however, close to nothing is known about how street crossing decisions are being made when several vehicles are simultaneously approaching in two adjacent lanes. This task is relatively common in urban environments. We report two simulator experiments in which drivers had to judge whether it would be safe to initiate street crossing in such cases. Matching traffic gaps (i.e., the temporal separation between two consecutive vehicles) were presented either with cars approaching on a single lane or with cars approaching on two adjacent lanes, either from the same side (Experiment 1) or from the opposite sides (Experiment 2). The stimuli were designed such that only the shortest gap was decision-relevant. The results showed that when the two gaps were in sight simultaneously (Experiment 1), street-crossing decisions were also influenced by the decision-irrelevant longer gap. Observers were more willing to cross the street when they had access to information about the irrelevant gap. However, when the two gaps could not be seen simultaneously but only sequentially (Experiment 2), only the shorter and relevant gap influenced the street-crossing decisions. The results are discussed within the framework of perceptual averaging processes, and practical implications for road safety are presented.

Date of acceptance

2013

Autoren

Robin Baurès
Daniel Oberfeld
Isabelle Tournier
Heiko Hecht
Viola Cavallo

Autoren-URL

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24445138

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2013.12.013

eISSN

1879-2057

Zeitschrift

Accid Anal Prev

Schlüsselwörter

Intersection-crossing
Multiple gaps
Perceptual averaging
Time-to-arrival
Adult
Attention
Automobile Driving
Computer Simulation
Decision Making
Environment Design
Female
Humans
Judgment
Male
Orientation
Probability Learning
Risk-Taking
Safety
Time Perception

Sprache

eng

Country

England

Paginierung

72 - 84

PII

S0001-4575(13)00510-1

Datum der Veröffentlichung

2014

Status

Published

Datum, an dem der Datensatz öffentlich gemacht wurde

2014

Titel

Arrival-time judgments on multiple-lane streets: The failure to ignore irrelevant traffic.

Sub types

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Ausgabe der Zeitschrift

65

Datenquelle: PubMed

Arrival-time judgments on multiple-lane streets : the failure to ignore irrelevant traffic

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