Geofencing to prevent collisions in drivers' interactions with emergency vehicles

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21260%2F24%3A00380548" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21260/24:00380548 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101297" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101297</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101297" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.trip.2024.101297</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Geofencing to prevent collisions in drivers' interactions with emergency vehicles

Original language description

The interaction between emergency vehicle drivers and surrounding road users is associated with risks. This study explored the application of geofencing to improve interactions between drivers and emergency vehicles to reduce the risk of collisions in high-risk scenarios. Two high-risk scenarios, an off-ramp collision, and an intersection scenario, were used in two driving simulator experiments with 64 participants in total. Half of the drivers received a geofence-based warning about the upcoming traffic situation. The results indicate that geofencing, when applied to provide warnings in specific locations, improves driver behavior. In the off-ramp experiment, all drivers who received a warning avoided the off-ramp and thereby avoided the collision site, whereas all other drivers took the off-ramp. In the intersection experiment, the warning led to earlier deceleration, allowing the emergency vehicle to pass safely and with minimal delay; whereas nearly half of those who did not get a warning failed to yield to the emergency vehicle. The drivers acted based on the warning they received, even when they had not yet seen the emergency vehicle. The findings suggest that geofencing can improve driver behavior by detecting emergency vehicles early and reliably, thereby improving traffic safety and minimizing delay for emergency vehicles on call.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

21100 - Other engineering and technologies

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

ISSN

2590-1982

e-ISSN

2590-1982

Volume of the periodical

28

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

AT - AUSTRIA

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

1-8

UT code for WoS article

001385518100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85211207655