According to the Traffic Bureau of the National Police Agency of Japan, 58.4% of car collisions with injuries happened at intersections or hereby in 1998 (the intersection collisions). 42.3% of the intersection collisions happened between the two cars on the crossed roads at intersections without traffic signals (the sudden encountering collisions). To avoid sudden encountering collisions at intersections, drivers should scan for other cars, bicycles, or objects coming closer by stopping their cars at the edge of the crossed road (the stop-and-scan). However, in Japan around 92% of drivers do not perform the stop-and-scan even at intersections where stopping is enforced by the law. To educate subjects to do the stop-and-scan, a driving simulator was developed. First, at the intersections in the simulator, the subjects' driving behaviour was observed, which was recorded in the computer in the simulator. Next, the individual's recorded driving behaviour, and the recommended behaviour were displayed to the subjects. As a result, many subjects improved their driving behaviour, and did the stop-and-scan more by this method. The driving simulator could be useful to educate subjects to do the stop-and-scan. For the covering abstract see ITRD E113725 (C 22328 CD-ROM).
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