Speed-change lanes including the acceleration lane and the deceleration lane provide drivers with a smooth transition between high-speed lanes and low-speed lanes. Because light levels change dramatically between the open tunnel section and the dark buried tunnel section, driver visual behavior will also change. Due to land planning limitations, these two complex road infrastructures are sometimes integrated in the same section of some road designs. Therefore, a driving simulator study was conducted in order to validate the safety of such a design. The results show that: (1) drivers prefer to change lanes in the open tunnel section rather than the dark buried tunnel section when entering or exiting the high-speed lane; (2) driver acceleration behavior is affected by the tunnel when entering the high-speed lane; and (3) driver deceleration behavior seems to be unaffected by the tunnel when exiting the high-speed lane.


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    Title :

    Effect of Tunnel Environment on Driver Acceleration and Deceleration Behavior


    Contributors:
    Mao, Yan (author) / Di, Shengde (author) / Zhang, Weihan (author) / Wang, Meng (author) / Guo, Da (author)

    Conference:

    20th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals ; 2020 ; Xi’an, China (Conference Cancelled)


    Published in:

    CICTP 2020 ; 4018-4029


    Publication date :

    2020-08-12




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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