Does Perceived Harm Underlie Effects of Vehicle Size on Overtaking Judgments during Driving?

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dc.citation.firstpage1384
dc.citation.issueNumber1
dc.citation.journalTitleProceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
dc.citation.lastpage1388
dc.citation.volumeNumber62
dc.contributor.authorLevulis, Samuel J.
dc.contributor.authorDeLucia, Patricia R.
dc.contributor.authorYang, James
dc.contributor.authorNelson, Vivian
dc.contributor.funderNational Science Foundation, Award #1853936
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-29T17:10:45Z
dc.date.available2021-11-29T17:10:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractPrevious research found that participants accepted more gaps during overtaking (in a driving simulator) when the oncoming vehicle was a motorcycle compared with larger vehicles (Levulis, DeLucia & Jupe, 2015). Results were due to the size of the vehicle independently of the type of the vehicle, and represented shifts in response bias instead of sensitivity. The implication is that drivers may perceive motorcycles as being farther away or travelling more slowly than larger vehicles due to their relatively small sizes, contributing to crashes that result from right-of-way violations (Hurt, Ouellet, & Thom, 1981; Pai, 2011). However, in Levulis et al. (2015) vehicle size was correlated with the perceived threat of collision and associated harm posed by the oncoming vehicle (collision with larger vehicles is more harmful than with smaller vehicles). To eliminate this confound, a driving simulator was used to examine whether overtaking judgments are influenced by the size of an oncoming vehicle even when threat of (simulated) collision is removed. The size-arrival effect occurred nevertheless, suggesting that participants relied on perceived distance and speed rather than perceived harm. Countermeasures to misjudgments of gaps during overtaking should include driver-assistance technologies and driver education.
dc.identifier.citationLevulis, Samuel J., DeLucia, Patricia R., Yang, James, et al.. "Does Perceived Harm Underlie Effects of Vehicle Size on Overtaking Judgments during Driving?." <i>Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting,</i> 62, no. 1 (2018) Sage: 1384-1388. https://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621316.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1541931218621316
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/111688
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Sage.
dc.titleDoes Perceived Harm Underlie Effects of Vehicle Size on Overtaking Judgments during Driving?
dc.typeJournal article
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