TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - An investigation of road crossing in a virtual environment
JO  - Accident analysis and prevention
A1  - Richardson, Michael
A1  - Johnston, Lisa
A1  - Simpson, Grahame
SP  - 787
EP  - 796
VL  - 35
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4575
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -