The effect of visual, haptic, and auditory signals perceived from rumble strips during inclement weather

Author

Ziat, Mounia ; Savord, Andrea ; Frissen, Ilja

Author_Institution

Dept. of Psychol., Northern Michigan Univ., Marquette, MI, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

22-26 June 2015

Firstpage

351

Lastpage

355

Abstract

Rumble strips (RS) offer ideal conditions for multimodality research. Designed to reduce crashes and alert drowsy or inattentive drivers, their effectiveness in crash reduction is not questioned but little is known regarding how information from tactile vibrations and auditory rumbling is integrated during low-vision driving conditions. In this paper, we report descriptive data related to participants´ perceptual experience while driving on a RS road during a snow storm, as well as data collected from participants driving in a simulated snow storm environment, and suggest future research perspectives.

Keywords

driver information systems; road accidents; road safety; vibrations; auditory rumbling; auditory signals; crash reduction; drowsy driver alert; haptic signals; inattentive driver alert; inclement weather; low-vision driving conditions; multimodality research; perceptual experience; rumble strips; snow storm environment; tactile vibration; visual signals; Haptic interfaces; Meteorology; Roads; Strips; Vehicles; Vibrations; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

World Haptics Conference (WHC), 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Evanston, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WHC.2015.7177737

Filename

7177737