Evaluating Driver Response and Ability to Avoid a Crash at Night

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Main author

Muttard, J.

Co-Authors

Romoser, M.

Type of media

PDF

Publication type

Lecture

Publication year

2009

Publisher

18. EVU Conference, Hinckley

Citation

Muttard, J.: Evaluating Driver Response and Ability to Avoid a Crash at Night. 18th EVU Conference, Hinckley (UK) 2009

English, 18 pages, 17 figures, 44 references

Two methods for evaluating a driver’s response in a night-time crash scenario are offered. The first
method is based upon headlight beam mapping and the illumination necessary for drivers to recognise
objects (pedestrians) wearing various coloured materials. The second method is based upon a meta-analysis
from recognition distance experiments and accounts for both substantive and methodology
variables. From twenty-nine experiments, more than 11 200 responses were recorded that included
responses in traffic, closed courses and responses to video recordings. The results address the factors
that influence a driver’s ability to recognise an object at night and the influence an experiment’s
methodology plays.