Recently, Vansteenkiste et al. (2013) explored how visual behaviour guides bicycle steering when cycling at different speeds through 15m long lanes of 10, 25 and 40cm wide. Participants were found to shift their gaze direction towards the end of the lanes at higher speeds, towards the near pathway on narrow lanes and more towards irrelevant areas on wider lanes. To investigate to what extent young learner bicyclists adapt their visual behaviour in a similar way as adults, the experiment was repeated with seven eight-year-old children, and results were compared to the adult data. Children were found to cycle slower through narrow lanes than adults. However, with increasing lane width and cycling speed, children made the same shifts of visual gaze direction as the adults. These results suggest that for a simple precision steering task, children are able to adopt a similar visual-motor strategy as adults, provided that they cycle at their own pace.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen

    Bestellung bei Subito €


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Visual guidance during bicycle steering through narrow lanes: a study in children




    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    BKL:    44.80 / 44.80 Unfallmedizin, Notfallmedizin / 55.84 / 55.24 / 55.84 Straßenverkehr / 55.24 Fahrzeugführung, Fahrtechnik



    Visual guidance during bicycle steering through narrow lanes: A study in children

    Vansteenkiste, Pieter / Cardon, Greet / Lenoir, Matthieu | Elsevier | 2015


    Study of Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes

    Hunter, William W. | Online Contents | 1999


    Study of Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes

    Hunter, W. W. / Stewart, J. R. / Stutts, J. C. et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1999


    Study of Bicycle Lanes Versus Wide Curb Lanes

    Hunter, William / Stewart, J. / Stutts, Jane | Transportation Research Record | 1999