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标题：Drivers’ Reaction of Warning Messages in Work Zone Termination Areas with Left Turn
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作者：Boya You ; Fengxiang Qiao ; Lei Yu 等
期刊名称：Journal of Transportation Technologies
印刷版ISSN：2160-0473
电子版ISSN：2160-0481
出版年度：2016
卷号：06
期号：03
页码：139-147
DOI：10.4236/jtts.2016.63013
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：Work-zone crashes have always drawn public attention. A number of fatalities are recorded every year nationwide within work zone areas. Most existing countermeasures have been dedicated more to the advance warning areas, transition areas, and activity areas of work zone, than the termination areas, where drivers might play less attention to safety threats. In this study, the vehicle-to-vehicle communication based left turn warning system was applied at a work zone termination area, which is immediately followed by a T-intersection. The work-zone is located on the minor road side, while left turn vehicles will be appearing from the major street through the said T-intersection. A smart phone application was designed using Android coding system to provide several types of warning messages to drivers. Corresponding scenarios were designed in a driving simulator, and 20 subjects were recruited to participate in the simulation test followed by a questionnaire survey. The subjects received a warning message when driving to the termination area of a work zone on the coming left turn vehicles. Twenty test drivers’ driving speed, acceleration rates, and break reaction distance to the warning messages were studied in four different scenarios. Results show that the smartphone application has a great impact on driving behaviors, especially the female voice and the beep tone warning, which are recommended for possible field tests. Besides, the developed smartphone applications can be further updated for practical applications of similar needs.
关键词：Left-Turn Warning Message;Drivers’ Smart Advisory System (DSAS);Driving Simulator Test;Smartphone Application;Workzone Termination Area