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UNDERSTANDING
DRIVER PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY
AND PERCEPTION OF RISK:
DRIVER
HAZARD PERCEPTION RESEARCH PLAN
Publication No. FHWA-RD-96-014
March 1998
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FOREWORD
This report identifies
a proposed comprehensive research program for defining, measuring, and
quantifying driver perception of hazards as it relates to highway design,
operations, and safety standards. Six research projects were proposed:
(1) multivariate analysis of a specific traffic situation, (2) traffic
operational factors, (3) driver awareness of hazards/hazardous operating
conditions, (4) unintended consequences of highway improvements, (5)
social context, and (6) engineering or roadway changes to increase driver
hazard perception.
These projects
will provide input to human factors safety handbooks and will result
in guidelines, tools, and models by which highway design can be developed
and evaluated.
Copies of this
report can be obtained through the National Technical Information Set-vice
(NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, telephone:
(703) 487-4650, fax (703) 32l-8547. A.
George Ostensen,
Director Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development
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Technical Report Documentation Page
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FHWA-RD-96-014
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2. Government Accession
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3.
Recipient's Catalog No. |
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Title and Subtitle
UNDERSTANDING
DRIVER PERFORMANCE VARIABILITY AND PERCEPTION OF RISK: DRIVER HAZARD
PERCEPTION RESEARCH PLAN
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5.
Report Date
March 6, 1998
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6. Performing Organization
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Author(s)
Lerner, Neil;
Benel, Denise; and Dekker, Debra
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8. Performing Organization
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Performing Organization Name and Address
COMSIS Corporation
8737 Colesville Road, Suite 1100
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
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10. Work Unit No.
(TRAIS)
3A6A
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11. Contract or Grant
No.
DTFH61-92-R-00107
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12. Sponsoring Agency
Name and Address
Office of Safety
and Traffic Operations R&D
Federal Highway Administration
6300 Georgetown Pike
McLean, VA 22101-2296
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13. Type of Report
and Period Covered
Final Report
October 1992
- May- 1995
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14. Sponsoring Agency
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Supplementary Notes
Contracting Officer's
Technical Representative (COTR) - M Joseph Moyer. HSR-30
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16. Abstract
The objectives
of this research project were to develop a comprehensive and clearly
defined research program to define, measure. and quantify driver perception
of hazards as it relates to highway design, operations. and safety,
standards This was accomplished through a systematic research and development
effort that defined six research projects. The Driver Hazard Perception
Research Program broadly addresses how drivers perceive, interpret,
and react to potential hazards on the road, and how this influences
risk related vehicle control decisions about time, speed, and space.
The results will provide input to human factors safety handbooks, such
as the Human Factors Highway Safety Handbook for use by highway designers,
and human performance driving models, such as the Driver Performance-Based
Highway Design Module (DPB/HDM) that incorporates human factors data
and driver behavior models. The sequence of projects provides: ( 1)
a broad, empirical based understanding of the role of driver roadway
hazard perception leading to driver action; (2) understanding of the
safety consequences of these perceptions and actions: (3) Identification
of causal factors influencing driver hazard perception; and (4) proposed
countermeasures to improve driver hazard perception for benefits in
safety and traffic operations.
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17. Key Words
Hazard perception,
driver performance variability, safety, research program, human factors.
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18. Distribution
Statement
No restrictions.
This document is available to the public through the National Technical
Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, 22161.
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19. Security Classif.
(of this report)
Unclassified
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20. Security Classif.
(of this page)
Unclassified
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21. No. of Pages
42
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22. Price |
Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72)
Reproduction of completed page authorized
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