A Human Factors Approach to the Design of Visual Information in the Highway Environment [ 2004-01-19 - 2008-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Michael Regan (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Timothy Horberry (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Guy Wallis (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Guy Wallis (Chief Investigator) ,  Professor Mark Horswill (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description A Human Factors Approach to the Design of Visual Information in the Highway Environment. Visual information in the highway environment affects drivers' perception, behaviour, and accident propensity. Using a range of methods and approaches, issues of key importance in road design will be addressed, e.g. (1) how increasing visual clutter in the road environment affects accident-producing behaviour, (2) how certain road situations create particular problems for the increasing number of older drivers, and (3) how the road environment can be redesigned to reduce fundamental perceptual errors made by drivers. The proposal will generate new guidelines for how future road design can be optimised to minimise crash rates.

Funding Amount $207,297

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