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A farewell to brake reaction times? Kinematics-dependent brake response in naturalistic rear-end emergencies
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- Markkula, Gustav M, 1978 (author)
- Volvo Group,University of Leeds
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- Engström, Johan A Skifs, 1973 (author)
- Chalmers tekniska högskola,Chalmers University of Technology
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- Lodin, J. (author)
- Volvo Group
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- Elsevier BV, 2016
- 2016
- English.
- In: Accident Analysis and Prevention. - : Elsevier BV. - 0001-4575. ; 95, s. 209-226
- Journal article (peer-reviewed)
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- Driver braking behavior was analyzed using time-series recordings from naturalistic rear-end conflicts (116 crashes and 241 near-crashes), including events with and without visual distraction among drivers of cars, heavy trucks, and buses. A simple piecewise linear model could be successfully fitted, per event, to the observed driver decelerations, allowing a detailed elucidation of when drivers initiated braking and how they controlled it. Most notably, it was found that, across vehicle types, driver braking behavior was strongly dependent on the urgency of the given rear-end scenario's kinematics, quantified in terms of visual looming of the lead vehicle on the driver's retina. In contrast with previous suggestions of brake reaction times (BRTs) of 1.5 s or more after onset of an unexpected hazard (e.g., brake light onset), it was found here that braking could be described as typically starting less than a second after the kinematic urgency reached certain threshold levels, with even faster reactions at higher urgencies. The rate at which drivers then increased their deceleration (towards a maximum) was also highly dependent on urgency. Probability distributions are provided that quantitatively capture these various patterns of kinematics-dependent behavioral response. Possible underlying mechanisms are suggested, including looming response thresholds and neural evidence accumulation. These accounts argue that a naturalistic braking response should not be thought of as a slow reaction to some single, researcher-defined "hazard onset", but instead as a relatively fast response to the visual looming cues that build up later on in the evolving traffic scenario.
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- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Maskinteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Mechanical Engineering (hsv//eng)
- TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER -- Maskinteknik -- Farkostteknik (hsv//swe)
- ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY -- Mechanical Engineering -- Vehicle Engineering (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Deceleration
- Kinematics
- Rear-end crashes
- Reaction time
- Visual looming
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