An Investigation of Driver Behavior on Urban General Road and in Tunnel Areas

International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, Materials and Chemical Engineering

机械制造;材料科学;化学工业

Song, Heng Yu^1 ; Shao, Fei^1 ; Xu, Qian^1 ; Guo, Tang Yi^2

College of Field Engineering, PLA University of Scienceand Technology, Nanjing

210007, China^1

School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing

210094, China^2

关键词: Driver behavior;    Driving behavior;    Heart rate variability;    Heart rate variations;    Licensed drivers;    Narrow environment;    Psychological measurements;    Tunnel environments;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/392/6/062133/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/392/6/062133

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study is to examine experience-related differences in microscope driving behavior as drivers performed six separate maneuvers, namely 1) driving on general urban roads, 2) approaching a tunnel portal, 3) driving through a tunnel's threshold zone, 4) driving in the interior tunnel zone, 5) driving in the zone ahead the tunnel exit and 6) driving after the tunnel exit. An on-road experiment was conducted with 20 drivers in two groups. The first group was made up of new licensed drivers, and the second group contained the more experienced drivers. The study consisted of one between-subject (experience) and five within-subject variables (drive environment type). The drivers' behavior was measured through Mean Glance Duration, AOI Attention Ration, Horizontal Eye Activity, Vertical Eye Activity, Percentage of Eyelid Closure, and Heart Rate Variability. With respect to the relevant psychological measures, the results show that in general more attention is focused on the far left-hand side of the road and the near front road when driving through tunnel areas when compared with driving on general roads. In addition, the psychological measurements indicate that tunnel's dark narrow environment causes anxiety on driving for lower heart rate variation coefficient (RRCV). New licensed drivers were more severely affected by the tunnel environment than the experienced drivers.