False Alarm Effects in Early Warnings for Emergency Vehicles: Exploring Drivers' Move-Over Behavior.

IF 2.9 3区心理学 Q1 BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

Human Factors Pub Date : 2024-11-01 Epub Date: 2023-11-29 DOI:10.1177/00187208231216835

Kajsa Weibull, Björn Lidestam, Erik Prytz

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Abstract

Objective: This study investigated drivers' move-over behavior when receiving an Emergency Vehicle Approaching (EVA) warning. Furthermore, the possible effects of false alarms, driver experience, and modality on move-over behavior were explored.

Background: EVA warnings are one solution to encourage drivers to move over for emergency vehicles in a safe and timely manner. EVA warnings are distributed based on the predicted path of the emergency vehicle causing a risk of false alarms. Previous EVA studies have suggested a difference between inexperienced and experienced drivers' move-over behavior.

Method: A driving simulator study was conducted with 110 participants, whereof 54 inexperienced and 56 experienced drivers. They were approached by an emergency vehicle three times. A control group received no EVA warnings, whereas the experimental groups received either true or false warnings, auditory or visual, 15 seconds before the emergency vehicle overtook them.

Results: Drivers who received EVA warnings moved over more quickly for the emergency vehicle compared to the control group. Drivers moved over more quickly for each emergency vehicle interaction. False alarms impaired move-over behavior. No difference in driver behavior based on driver experience or modality was observed.

Conclusion: EVA warnings positively affect drivers' move-over behavior. However, false alarms can decrease drivers' future willingness to comply with the warning.

Application: The findings regarding measurements of delay can be used to optimize the design of future EVA systems. Moreover, this research should be used to further understand the effect of false alarms in in-car warnings.

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应急车辆早期预警中的虚警效应:探索驾驶员的转移行为。

目的:研究驾驶员在收到紧急车辆接近(EVA)警告时的侧移行为。此外，还探讨了误报、驾驶员经验和驾驶方式对车辆转移行为的可能影响。背景:EVA警告是一种解决方案，鼓励司机以安全和及时的方式转移到紧急车辆。EVA预警是根据应急车辆的预测路径进行分发的，会产生误报的风险。之前的EVA研究表明，经验不足和经验丰富的司机在转移行为上存在差异。方法:采用驾驶模拟器对110名被试进行研究，其中54名无驾驶经验，56名有驾驶经验。一辆急救车三次接近他们。对照组没有收到EVA警告，而实验组在紧急车辆超过他们之前15秒收到真实或虚假的听觉或视觉警告。结果:与对照组相比，收到EVA警告的驾驶员在紧急车辆上移动得更快。司机在每次紧急车辆交互时都更快地移动过来。假警报会损害移动行为。在驾驶经验和驾驶方式的基础上，没有观察到驾驶行为的差异。结论:EVA警示对驾驶员侧移行为有正向影响。然而，假警报会降低司机未来遵守警告的意愿。应用:有关延迟测量的发现可用于优化未来EVA系统的设计。此外，本研究应用于进一步了解误报在车内警告中的作用。

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Human Factors 管理科学-行为科学

CiteScore

10.60

自引率

6.10%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society publishes peer-reviewed scientific studies in human factors/ergonomics that present theoretical and practical advances concerning the relationship between people and technologies, tools, environments, and systems. Papers published in Human Factors leverage fundamental knowledge of human capabilities and limitations – and the basic understanding of cognitive, physical, behavioral, physiological, social, developmental, affective, and motivational aspects of human performance – to yield design principles; enhance training, selection, and communication; and ultimately improve human-system interfaces and sociotechnical systems that lead to safer and more effective outcomes.