Driver's visual attention as a function of driving experience and visibility. Using a driving simulator to explore drivers’ eye movements in day, night and rain driving

Panos Konstantopoulos; Peter Chapman; David Crundall

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.022

Driver's visual attention as a function of driving experience and visibility. Using a driving simulator to explore drivers’ eye movements in day, night and rain driving

Panos Konstantopoulos, Peter Chapman, David Crundall

University of Nottingham

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359 Citations (Scopus)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	827–834
Journal	Accident Analysis & Prevention
Volume	42
Issue number	3 special issue: Assessing Safety with Driving Simulators
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.022
Publication status	Published - May 2010

Bibliographical note

Author's note: - This paper compared drivers’ visual scanning as a function of different visibility conditions
and driving experience. Although these areas have been investigated in isolation the
methodology of this study was one of the first to combine the research questions and provide
an integrated answer. The practical implications of the paper can affect drivers’ training (for
example the US Graduated Driving Licensing) since it provided evidence that certain driving
attributes might be developed without exposure to dangerous driving situations like night or
rain. On the theoretical level the paper provided some indication that certain visual scanning
patterns might be more susceptible to top-down (goal-driven) factors than bottom-up
(stimulus driven). Also the findings of the papers allowed the validation of a simulator and
added extra credibility to subsequent studies that used the same apparatus (Crundall et al.,
2012. Some hazards are more attractive than others: Drivers of varying experience respond
differently to different types of hazard. Accident Analysis and Prevention, 45, 600-609.
Finally, it should be mentioned that the paper was well received by the academic community,
as it is evident for the citations up to date. There are certain discussions for international
collaboration on this area following seminar presentations in Australia, MUARC and
Sweden, VTI.

Keywords

Driving instructors
Learner drivers
Driving simulator
Visual attention
Visibility
Eye movements

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Konstantopoulos, P., Chapman, P., & Crundall, D. (2010). Driver's visual attention as a function of driving experience and visibility. Using a driving simulator to explore drivers’ eye movements in day, night and rain driving. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42(3 special issue: Assessing Safety with Driving Simulators), 827–834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.022

Driver's visual attention as a function of driving experience and visibility. Using a driving simulator to explore drivers’ eye movements in day, night and rain driving. / Konstantopoulos, Panos; Chapman, Peter; Crundall, David.
In: Accident Analysis & Prevention, Vol. 42, No. 3 special issue: Assessing Safety with Driving Simulators, 05.2010, p. 827–834.

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Konstantopoulos, P, Chapman, P & Crundall, D 2010, 'Driver's visual attention as a function of driving experience and visibility. Using a driving simulator to explore drivers’ eye movements in day, night and rain driving', Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 42, no. 3 special issue: Assessing Safety with Driving Simulators, pp. 827–834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.09.022

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