Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate a new technology to maintaining headway while driving in tunnels. With this system a beam of light is projected on the wall of the tunnel at a fixed distance behind each vehicle. The role of
each driver, then, is to simply stay behind the moving Point-Of-Light (POL) that is projected for the vehicle ahead, thereby assuring a safe headway. Specifically this technology was evaluated relative to existing aids to maintaining headway and the benefits were evaluated in terms of the (1) the actual headways the drivers maintained with the POL in comparison to other more traditional systems, and (2) the attentional load on the driver that the POL has relative to the other systems.
each driver, then, is to simply stay behind the moving Point-Of-Light (POL) that is projected for the vehicle ahead, thereby assuring a safe headway. Specifically this technology was evaluated relative to existing aids to maintaining headway and the benefits were evaluated in terms of the (1) the actual headways the drivers maintained with the POL in comparison to other more traditional systems, and (2) the attentional load on the driver that the POL has relative to the other systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd driving simulation conference |
| State | Published - 2003 |
