TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Can low cost road engineering measures combat driver fatigue? A driving simulator investigation
JO  - Proceedings of the ... international driving symposium on human factors in driver assessment, training and vehicle design
A1  - Jamson, A. Hamish
A1  - Merat, Natasha
SP  - 251
EP  - 259
VL  - 5
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N2  - Driver fatigue is a major cause of road accidents, accounting for over 20% of serious accidents on motorways and monotonous roads in the U.K. This study investigated the potential for low-cost, road-based, engineering measures to act as alerting features in an otherwise monotonous driving environment and hence combat fatigue. Thirty-three drivers took part in the driving simulator study. There was some evidence of an alerting effect provided to drivers by all three of the treatments tested: chevron road-surface markings, transverse- carriageway rumble strips and variable message signs. However, the alerting effect did appear to be relatively weak and potentially quite short-lived. Nevertheless, there may well be potential for any of the novel alerts to be deployed in the field in a known fatigue-related accident area.<p />
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UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
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