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Tunnel driving and the effects of visual design: ViP simulator study
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Society, environment and transport, Mobility, actors and planning processes.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3815-6639
Trafikverket.
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, The Human in the Transport system..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4790-7094
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Abstract [en]

Driving in tunnels is generally considered to be more dangerous than other type of road because, in the event of an accident in the tunnel, emergency and rescue teams are hampered by the tunnel environment. Moreover, a relatively minor incident such as a vehicle fire on the hard shoulder of an open-air motorway can have devastating consequences for everyone in the tunnel. Tunnels can, however, solve a number of traffic management problems in cities such as Stockholm. The main purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that enhanced optical cues increase lateral control and reduce driver workload in tunnel driving. Participants were run twice; in a tired state and in a normal alert state. There were four different scenarios. A Highway, a tunnel with minimal lighting and design characteristics, a tunnel with supporting ceiling lights which is similar to a modern tunnel where the lights follow the road geometry, and a tunnel that had misleading ceiling lights. The order for the driver's state and the scenarios was balanced. The tunnels were 17 km long.

Abstract [sv]

Tunnelkörning anses vara farligare än körning på andra vägtyper på grund av att eventuella räddningsinsatser är mycket svårare i en tunnel och dessutom för att alla som befinner sig i en tunnel kan vara i fara vid exempelvis en fordonsbrand. Tunnlar kan dock lösa vissa problem med uppköp av stora markytor för vägbyggare i redan trångbodda städer som exempelvis Stockholm. Huvudsyftet med detta projekt har varit att utvärdera effekter av tunnel design på körförmåga samt även att studera trötta förare i olika vägmiljöer. Försöksdeltagare fick köra två gångar; i ett trött tillstånd och i ett normalt alert eller piggt tillstånd. Det fanns fyra olika scenarier. En motorväg, en tunnel med minimal belysning och design egenskaper, en tunnel med stödjande takbelysning vilket liknar en modern tunnel där belysningen följer vägens geometri, och en tunnel som hade vilseledande takbelysning. Ordningen för förartillståndet och scenarierna var balanserad. Tunnlarna var 17 km långa

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Linköping :: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2012. , p. 54
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-20412OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-20412DiVA, id: diva2:1843937
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