Abstract
Fixation times are known to decrease after multiple exposures to the same road in simulated environments. The present study investigates whether this also holds for real driving and for watching a video, which was taped during driving (while simulating steering and braking). It appeared that the fixation times for traffic signs, information signs or road markings decreased as participants encountered the environment more often. This decrease between the two conditions in fixation times was quite comparable between watching a video and actual driving. However, there were also some differences in fixation times and frequencies to specific objects. Therefore, great care is needed when using video instead of real driving to investigate fixation times and frequencies to traffic related objects.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 33-47 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Transportation Research. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2007 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
The present study was conducted as part of the ‘Tuning of the Infrastructure and driver support systems’ project within the TNO Research Program Traffic and Transport, sponsored by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management. Appendix A List of 19 objects (1) Priority road (2) Pedestrians (3) Pedestrians (3) (4) Pedestrians (2) (5) Danger horseback riders (on supplemental sign) (6) Curve to the right (2) (7) Speed limit (3) (8) Speed limit (9) Speed limit (2) (10) Speed limit (2) (11) End speed limit (12) Speed limit (50) painted on road (3) (13) Speed limit (50) painted on road (14) Speed limit (50) painted on road (2) (15) Speed limit (50) painted on road (2) (16) Information sign restaurant (17) Warning sign speed camera (18) Start urban area ‘SOEST’ (2) (19) Speed camera
Keywords
- Driving
- Expectations
- Familiarity
- Fixation times
- Traffic signs
- Video