@article{ref1,
title="An investigation of road crossing in a virtual environment",
journal="Accident analysis and prevention",
year="2003",
author="Richardson, Michael and Johnston, Lisa and Simpson, Grahame",
volume="35",
number="5",
pages="787-796",
abstract="The reported study employed a virtual reality (VR) system, using a head mounted display (HMD), to investigate road crossing behavior in children and young adults. Younger children (aged 5-9 years) made the greatest number of unsafe road crossings and the oldest participants (aged >19 years) the fewest. Overall performance was better (fewer unsafe road crossings) in uniform speed than uniform distance trials, consistent with previous research suggesting that pedestrians base road crossing decisions on inter-vehicle distance rather than vehicle speed. Results are discussed in terms of road crossing behavior and the use of VR simulations in the study of pedestrian behavior.",
language="en",
issn="0001-4575",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}