Improving drivers' eye fixation using accident scenes of the HazardTouch driver-training tool. (November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shimazaki, Kan; Ito, Tasuku; Fujii, Ai; Ishida, Toshiro
• Is Part Of: Transportation research. Volume 51(2018)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2017-11
• Subjects: Eye fixation -- Hazard perception -- Tablet devices -- Driver education; Automobile drivers -- Psychology -- Periodicals; Automobile driving -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Transportation -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 629.283019
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.09.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1369-8478

Abstract

Highlights: Drivers' eye fixation was measured before and after the HazardTouch training. They touched the hazard in the image and watched the collision scene. After training, fixation to the intersections became faster and increased. Abstract: This study investigated the effect of a driver-training tool that uses "HazardTouch" software and videos of actual accidents on drivers' eye fixation through a tablet device (iPad). Drivers' eye fixation of a video of a car passing thirteen intersections without signals was measured before and after training, using an eye-mark recorder. Three training exposures of four scenes using HazardTouch improved drivers' eye fixation on the stimulus movie. In particular, the first fixation on the edge of the blind spot at intersections appeared significantly sooner after training. Moreover, fixation frequency for this blind spot increased significantly at post-training. These results suggest that the proposed driver-training tool effectively improves eye-fixation behavior in drivers and may prevent accidents.