Study on signs comprehension and driving safety based on drivers' psychology perception.

Author(s)
Wang, F.
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Abstract

Traffic signs are the guide of the road transportation. They are the main body which delivers road information to transportation participants. The quality of signs comprehension has influence on driving safety. The article will analyze the process of drivers perception signs based on drivers' psychology perception and build a process model on drivers processing information. It studies the influences of the factors based on psychology perception .The factors include signs physical characteristics, angle of view ,quantity of signs information, mental characteristics of drivers, physiology characteristics of drivers. It builds theoretical foundation for later research on evaluation index of signs setting. We hope to reduce the bad influence of the factors on signs perception and raise the safety level of driving.

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C 43403 (In: C 43376 CD-ROM) [electronic version only] /83 / ITRD E138011
Source

In: Proceedings of the extra workshop on Road User Behaviour with a Special Focus on Vulnerable Road Users : Technical, Social and Psychological Aspects of the International Cooperation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety ICTCT, Beijing, China, 2-3 April 2007, 5 ref.

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