Driving in fog: The effects of driving experience and visibility on speed compensation and hazard avoidance
Abstract
Inexperience is one of the strongest predictors for collisions, but it remains unclear how novice drivers differ from experienced drivers in terms of safety-related behavioural adaptations such as speed reduction in the presence of reduced visibility. To investigate the influence of driving experience on behavioural compensations to fog, average speed, speed variability, steering variability, collision rate, and hazard response time were measured in a driving simulator. Experienced drivers drove faster in clear visibility than novice drivers, yet they reduced their speed more in reduced visibility so that both groups drove at the same speed in simulated fog. Compared to experienced drivers, novice drivers had higher hazard response times, greater speed and steering variability, and were the only drivers to have collisions.
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- Authors
- Mueller, A. S., & Trick, L. M.
- Affiliations
- Western University (CA)
- University of Guelph (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Mueller, Alexandra S.
- Venue
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-09
- Volume
- 48
- Pages
- 472-479
- ISSN
- 0001-4575 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1976262555
- Cited by
- 162
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 23.08
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Accident Analysis & Prevention (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Innovation Trust
- Auto21 Network Centres of Excellence
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Older Adults Driving Studies
- Keywords
- fog, low visibility, driving experience, novice drivers, speed compensation, hazard avoidance, speed variation, collision frequency, driver behavior, driving simulator
- MeSH terms
- Accidents, Traffic, Adolescent, Adult, Automobile Driving, Computer Simulation, Deceleration, Female, Humans, Male, Models, Theoretical, Safety, Visual Perception, Weather, Risk Reduction Behavior, Young Adult, Learning Curve
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