Title: CONSTRUCTION OF A DRIVING SIMULATOR TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ADVANCE SIGNALS REGARDING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS INDICATED BY CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS
Abstract: THE DRIVING SIMULATOR DESCRIBED IS USED TO TEST HOW THE DRIVER CAN BE INFORMED IN ADVANCE REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON A HIGHWAY BY ADVANCE SIGNS WHICH ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE TRAFFIC SIGNS HITHERTO USED. THE NEW TYPE OF ADVANCE WARNINGS SHOULD CONSIST OF A CODE EXPRESSED IN CARRIAGEWAY MARKINGS ON THE RIGHT HAND EDGE OF THE CARRIAGEWAY. IT INCLUDES A PARTIAL SIMULATOR FOR THE LONGITUDINAL DYNAMICS, THE TRAFFIC NOISE AND THE PREVIEW GENERATED BY A PROCESS COMPUTER. IT CONSISTS OF A PERSPECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF A STYLIZED ROAD. THE TECHNIQUE FOR THE CALCULATION AND REPRESENTATION OF THE PREVIEW IS EXPLAINED AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS TEST STRETCHES OR TEST ROADS ARE DESCRIBED. A SERIES OF MEASURED VALUES FOR DESCRIBING THE TRAFFIC FLOW CAN BE OBTAINED WITH A SCANNING RATE OF 10 HZ. IN THE FIRST TEST SERIES, A SIMULATOR WAS JUDGED BY TEST PERSONNEL USING A QUESTIONNAIRE TECHNIQUE. FROM THE RESULTS OF THIS ENQUIRY, IT APPEARS THAT THE DRIVING SITUATION IN THE SIMULATOR CAN BE TAKEN AS COMPARABLE TO THAT IN THE REAL SITUATION. SOME LESS SATISFACTORY AREAS WERE UNCOVERED, HOWEVER, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A MODIFICATION TO THE SIMULATOR. HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE FAR TOO EXPENSIVE, TO CONSTRUCT A SIMULATOR, WHICH WOULD SIMULATE ALL ASPECTS OF REALITY EQUALLY WELL. THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS MUST, THEREFORE, BE ISOLATED, THE REPRESENTATION OF WHICH IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY.
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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