Caught in the blind spot of a truck: A choice model on driver glance behavior towards cyclists at intersections.

Vulnerable road users (VRUs) constitute an increasing proportion of the annual road fatalities across Europe. One of the crash types involved in these fatalities are blind spot crashes between trucks and bicyclists. Despite the presence of mandatory blind spot mirrors, truck drivers are often reported to have overlooked the presence of a bicyclist.

Driver speed compliance following automatic incident detection: Insights from a naturalistic driving study.

Automatic incident detection (AID) systems and variable speed limits (VSLs) can reduce crash probability and traffic congestion. Studies based on loop detector data have shown that AID systems decrease the variation in speeds between drivers. Despite the impact on driver behaviour characteristics, most mathematical models evaluating the effect of AID systems on traffic operations do not capture driver response realistically.

Does agreement mean accuracy? Evaluating glance annotation in naturalistic driving data.

Naturalistic driving studies often make use of cameras to monitor driver behavior. To analyze the resulting video images, human annotation is often adopted. These annotations then serve as the 'gold standard' to train and evaluate automated computer vision algorithms, even though it is uncertain how accurate human annotation is.

Hysteresis in Mental Workload and Task Performance: The Influence of Demand Transitions and Task Prioritization.

Objective: We examine how transitions in task demand are manifested in mental workload and performance in a dual-task setting.

Background: Hysteresis has been defined as the ongoing influence of demand levels prior to a demand transition. Authors of previous studies predominantly examined hysteretic effects in terms of performance.

Task Prioritization in Dual-Tasking: Instructions versus Preferences.

The role of task prioritization in performance tradeoffs during multi-tasking has received widespread attention. However, little is known on whether people have preferences regarding tasks, and if so, whether these preferences conflict with priority instructions. Three experiments were conducted with a high-speed driving game and an auditory memory task.