2020
Driver Response Times to Side Road Path Intrusions from SHRP-2 Naturalistic Database
Dinakar, S., Muttart, J., Suway, J., et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Human factors
Human performance and injury
Human factors
Human factors is the study of how people interact with their environment — how a driver responds to what appears ahead, how a pedestrian reads a walkway, whether a warning does the work it was supposed to do.
Our engineers have published on driver response to slow and stopped lead vehicles, eye glance behavior, timed-exposure nighttime recognition, and closing-speed judgment from taillight spacing. We apply that literature and the naturalistic driving datasets behind it to a wide range of complex real-world incidents.
Scope
What this covers
Driver behavior
- Perception-response time
- Typical driver behavior
- Driver eye glance behavior
- Response to stopped or slow-moving vehicles
- Distracted driving
- Interaction with autonomous and driver-assist systems
Pedestrians and warnings
- Where pedestrians typically look
- Stairway and walking-surface negotiation
- Pedestrian response
- Warning signs, product warnings, and signage conspicuity
Peer-reviewed research
Published work behind this practice area
Authored by our engineers and peer-reviewed by external experts.
2017 2017-01-1366
Comparing a Timed Exposure Methodology to the Nighttime Recognition Responses from SHRP-2 Naturalistic Drivers
Muttart, J., Dinakar, S., Suway, J., et al.
SAE Technical Paper
- Human factors
- Visibility and lighting
2017
Motorcyclists’ Glance Behaviors at Unsignalized Intersections: Left Turn across Path
Muttart, J., Bartlett, W., Peck, L., et al.
Transportation Research Board
- Motorcycle
- Human factors
2016
Influence of Taillight Width on the Ability to Recognize Closing Speed, Closing Distance, and Closing versus Separating
Muttart, J., Dinakar, S., Suway, J., et al.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
- Human factors
- Visibility and lighting
2011
Glancing and Stopping Behavior of Motorcyclists and Car Drivers at Intersections
Muttart, J., Peck, L., Guderian, S., Bartlett, W., et al.
Transportation Research Record 2265:81–88
- Motorcycle
- Human factors
Who does this work
Engineers on this practice area
Justin Ngo
PE, ACTAR
Accident reconstruction, human factors, and vehicle testing
- Heavy truck and passenger vehicle reconstruction
- Human factors: perception, attention, and response
- Premise slip, trip, and fall analysis
- Vehicle testing, instrumentation, and data analysis
4 publications
Louis R. Peck
PE, ACTAR
Motorcycle reconstruction, photogrammetry, and testing
- Motorcycle reconstruction
- Photogrammetry
- Testing
12 publications
Jeffrey Suway
PE, ACTAR
Visibility and conspicuity, human factors, and accident reconstruction
- Night visibility and conspicuity
- Lighting issues
- Human factors
- Accident reconstruction
27 publications
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