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Abstract

Driver fatigue is a major cause of road accidents, accounting for over 20% of serious accidents on motorways and monotonous roads in the U.K. This study investigated the potential for low-cost, road-based, engineering measures to act as alerting features in an otherwise monotonous driving environment and hence combat fatigue. Thirty-three drivers took part in the driving simulator study. There was some evidence of an alerting effect provided to drivers by all three of the treatments tested: chevron road-surface markings, transverse- carriageway rumble strips and variable message signs. However, the alerting effect did appear to be relatively weak and potentially quite short-lived. Nevertheless, there may well be potential for any of the novel alerts to be deployed in the field in a known fatigue-related accident area.

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://dx.doi.org/10.17077/drivingassessment.1329

• https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1329&context=drivingassessment

• http://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1329&context=drivingassessment,

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