Drivers’ Visual Characteristics when Merging onto or Exiting an Urban Expressway

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 9; p. e0162298
• Main Authors: Cheng, Ying, Gao, Li, Zhao, Yanan, Du, Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 22.09.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Automobile driving; Behavior; Biology and Life Sciences; Calibration; Consent; Deceleration; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Engineering and Technology; Experiments; Eye; Eye movements; Females; Human error; Males; Mechanical engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences; Physical Sciences; Roads & highways; Social Sciences; Studies; Tracking systems; Traffic; Traffic volume; Transportation planning; Visual perception; Beijing China; China

The aim of this study is to examine drivers' visual and driving behavior while merging onto or exiting an urban expressway with low and high traffic densities. The analysis was conducted according to three periods (approaching, merging or exiting, and accelerating or decelerating). A total of 1...