- #HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 INSTALL#
- #HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 DRIVERS#
- #HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 DRIVER#
- #HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 SERIES#
The research team also tested safety measures using FSU’s driving simulators. They tested participants' reactions to real-life highway situations.
#HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 DRIVERS#
Then Boot's team enlisted 189 drivers to get behind the wheel of the simulators. Those recordings were later used to develop scenarios that could be imported into FSU's driving simulators. The field tests recorded video of what Boot saw as he navigated through the countermeasures. "Having a firsthand perspective was valuable because I could see how countermeasures might work or not work." "It was frightening because I knew I was doing something very dangerous, but we had a lot of police officers there to make sure it was safe," Boot said.
One prototype appeared blank until it detected wrong-way motion, and then it started flashing the message "WRONG WAY."īoot said the sensation of driving onto an exit ramp and traveling the wrong way was surreal. As a team of state troopers and traffic engineers shut down exit ramps in the middle of the night, Boot deliberately drove the wrong way on roads and ramps equipped with prototypes of the seven countermeasures. The research included field tests on Florida highways. Credit: Florida Department of Transportation Researchers tested new high-tech, radar-triggered road alerts to determine which worked best. The goal was to identify "intelligent" technology that would better detect and prevent wrong-way driving and could be incorporated into new warning systems. He embarked on a multiyear research project drawing on his expertise in visual processing and visual cognition to test detection-triggered wrong-way signs and pavement markers. "It's tragic, but it keeps happening."īoot was determined to reverse this chronic trend of wrong-way driving, which dates to the 1960s and the original construction of access-controlled divided highways. "Wrong-way crashes are rare, representing only about 3 percent of highway crashes, but they are 27 times more fatal," Boot said. The fiery crash killed all five young men.
#HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 DRIVER#
Speeding toward oncoming traffic in a 5,000-pound Ford Expedition, the driver crashed head-on into a car with four college students. One in particular, a horrific crash on Interstate 275, added urgency to the search for more effective countermeasures.Įarly one February morning that year, a drunk driver drove the wrong way in the northbound lanes for more than 10 miles. Nationwide, wrong-way crashes kill about 350 people a year and injure thousands more, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
#HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 SERIES#
The evidence we collected suggested these detection-triggered countermeasures will be more effective than traditional wrong-way countermeasures."īoot started collecting that evidence as part of a contract with the state Department of Transportation following an unusual series of deadly wrong-way crashes in the Tampa Bay region in 2014.
We tested new technology-based, radar-triggered road alerts to determine which worked best.
#HELP WITH XVID4PSP CRASHES 2018 INSTALL#
"We need to develop, test and install more visible countermeasures against wrong-way driving. The Florida Department of Transportation is currently testing those and other recommendations on the most effective safety measures. The research identifies "smarter" signs and pavement markers equipped with advanced technology that can improve safety.īoot's recommendations will help shape future countermeasures for wrong-way driving. Walter Boot, associate professor in the FSU Department of Psychology and an expert on cognition and perception, has compiled two wrong-way driving reports for the Florida Department of Transportation.
0 kommentar(er)
