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Investigating the effect of marking and delineation treatments on driver behavior at highway exit gore areas Universiteit Hasselt
Highway exit gore areas are common and essential components of highway networks everywhere. Drivers need to navigate, decelerate, and change lanes at exit gore areas through specified and compacted geometry. This makes exit gore areas potentially crash-prone locations. Studies analyzed factors contributing to crashes at exit gore areas. Although marking and delineation techniques can play a major role in enhancing safety, traffic control devices ...
Exploring the driving behavior of youth with an autism spectrum disorder: a driver instructor questionnaire Universiteit Hasselt
Youth with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) depend to a great extent on friends and family for their transportation needs. Although little research exists, Cox et al. (2012) surveyed parents/caregivers of youth with ASD (previously) attempting to learn to drive. This study serves as an extension by surveying driver instructors. Several questions queried advice for teaching youth with ASD how to drive, and for improving the current driving ...
Investigating the impact of a novel active gap metering signalization strategy on driver behavior at highway merging sections Universiteit Hasselt
A safe headway to the lead vehicle is important to reduce conflicts with merging vehicles from highway on-ramps. Previous research has outlined the advantage of gap metering strategies to yield sufficient space to merging vehicles and improve highway capacity during peak hours. However, prevailing gap metering systems fail to indicate the minimum required gap and leave it to the drivers' judgment to adjust their headway. This paper proposes a ...
Investigating both ends of the driver age spectrum: assessment of driving behavior and evaluation of traffic safety interventions Universiteit Hasselt
The aim of this doctoral thesis was to investigate both ends of the driver age spectrum (i.e., both older and younger drivers). Regarding older drivers, the aim was to investigate driving behavior under neutral and distracting circumstances by investigating specific driving measures and the role of functional abilities in driving. Regarding both older and younger drivers, the aim was to investigate the immediate and extended effects of traffic ...
Sandstorm animations on rural expressways: The impact of variable message sign strategies on driver behavior in low visibility conditions Universiteit Hasselt
Problem: Evolving sandstorms on rural expressways in desert countries impair drivers' contrast vision and increase the risk of serious crashes due to delayed speed adjustments. Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) such as Variable Message Signs (VMS) conveying warnings can be activated to address drivers' speed adaptation before entering a low visibility zone. To improve drivers' understanding of the hazard, a sandstorm animation visualizing ...
Design and implementation strategies of Intelligent Transportation Systems on expressways: tactical and strategic approaches to influence driver behavior Universiteit Hasselt
Effect of Restricted Sight on Right-Turn Driver Behavior with Pedestrians at Signalized Intersection Universiteit Hasselt
Excellent gamer, excellent driver? The impact of adolescents' video game playing on driving behavior: A two-wave panel study KU Leuven
This study explored the impact of adolescents' playing of racing and drive'em up games on their risky driving behavior. Participants were 354 adolescent boys and girls who took part in a longitudinal panel survey on video game playing and risk taking attitudes, intentions and behaviors. In line with cultivation theory and theory of planned behavior the results showed that (even after controlling for aggression and sensation seeking) video game ...
Electric Vehicle Charging Sessions Generator Based on Clustered Driver Behaviors Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Increasing penetration of electric vehicles brings a set of challenges for the electricity system related to its energy, power and balance adequacy. Research related to this topic often requires estimates of charging demand in various forms to feed various models and simulations. This paper proposes a methodology to simulate charging demand for different driver types in a local energy system in the form of time series of charging sessions. The ...