Evaluation of a Warning System Communicating Non-Connected Red-Light-Running Vehicles to Connected Vehicles Using a Driving Simulator
Publication: International Conference on Transportation and Development 2021
ABSTRACT
A driving simulator experiment was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an audio-visual warning system (visual display on the windshield) that communicates the presence of a potential non-connected red-light-running vehicle to the driver of a connected vehicle. Twenty participants were recruited and randomly placed in a control group (warning system activated at the stop bar) and three treatment groups (warning system activated at 50, 100, and 150 ft upstream of the stop bar). Kruskal–Wallis test showed a statistically significant difference in the mean of reaction time between the different groups. Mann–Whitney Wilcoxon test was used to compare between two groups. Drivers reduced their speeds for an average of 2.15, 2.24, 2.59, and 3.15 s and came to a complete stop for 29.73%, 17.5%, 29.27%, and 47.7% when the warning system was activated at the stop bar and 50, 100, and 150 ft upstream of the stop bar, respectively.
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