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It's a widely recognised trend that powered-two-wheelers' (PTWs) use has been steadily increasing and is projected to increase further. While providing benefits to the community in the form of reduced traffic congestion and environmental benefits, the risks to PTW riders remain and visibility will always be a key issue. Increasing Motorcycle Conspicuity aims to illustrate how driving simulation, field studies and laboratory experiments can be used to improve rider safety through the design and evaluation of a range of safety measures. The book outlines the factors that contribute to PTW visibility and detection by car drivers, and presents case studies to illustrate how the various methods can be used to explore the contribution of these factors. The final chapter of the book highlights the utility of a simulation-based approach to improving PTW safety and discusses this method's future applications. The case studies collected within the volume cover phases of the design of conspicuity treatments and provide a broad spectrum of empirical strategies for assessing the interventions. The book is most directly relevant to researchers and applied scientists from the fields of traffic/transportation psychology and human factors, as well as to practitioners from the traffic safety sector.
Contents
Foreword, Stephane Espie. Part I Setting the Stage: Motorcycle Safety and Conspicuity: PTW crashes and the role of perception, Zoi Christoforou, George Yannis, John Golias and Peter Saleh Psychological factors in seeing motorcycles, Vanessa Beanland, Michael G. Lenne and Lars Rossger Mechanisms underpinning conspicuity, Geoff Underwood. Part II Case Studies Focusing on Visual Saliency and Conspicuity Treatments: How conspicuity influences drivers' attention and manoeuvring decisions, Geoff Underwood, Editha van Loon and Katherine Humphrey 'Should I stay or should I go?' Examining the effect of various conspicuity treatments on drivers' turning performance, Eve Mitsopoulos-Rubens and Michael G. Lenne Design studies on improved frontal light configurations for powered two-wheelers and testing in laboratory experiments, Lars Rossger, Jens Krzywinski, Frank Muhlbauer and Bernhard Schlag Visual factors affecting motorcycle conspicuity: effects of car daytime-running lights and motorcycle headlight design, Viola Cavallo and Maria Pinto. Part III Case Studies with Additional Focus on Top-Down Influences: Is the poor visibility of motorcycles related to their low sensory and cognitive conspicuity or to the limited useful visual field of car drivers?, Joceline Roge and Fabrice Vienne Can drivers' expectations and behaviour around motorcycles be influenced by exposure?, Vanessa Beanland, Michael G. Lenne and Geoff Underwood Powered two-wheelers' conspicuity: the effects of visual context and awareness, Pnina Gershon and David Shinar. Part IV Implications Drawn from the Case Studies: Summarised assessment of the results on motorcycle conspicuity, Lars Rossger, Michael G. Lenne and Stephane Espie. Index.
