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ARTBA members Trimble and Purdue University are partnering to develop a slowdown alert service that notifies commercial drivers to help reduce rear-end crashes, particularly in highway work zones. The…MoreAudible Warning Devices in Vehicles
Assessment of the Effectiveness of Connected Vehicle Weather and Work Zone Warnings in Improving Truck Driver Safety (Publication)
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Improving work zone safety remains a prime challenge for the transportation sector in the United States. In particular, the frequency and severity of work zone crashes involving large trucks in rural …MoreMinnesota Trialing Bluetooth ‘Tags’ to Warn Drivers About Highway Work Zones (Publication)
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Researchers at University of Minnesota have developed a system that uses Bluetooth tags to trigger in-vehicle audio warnings when approaching a highway work zone. The system can be easily attached to …MoreThe Sooner the Better: Drivers’ Reactions to Two-Step Take-Over Requests in Highly Automated Driving (Publication)
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Driving behavior after take-over requests (TORs) is one of the most popular subjects in human factors re-search on highly automated driving. Many studies utilized one-step TOR procedures to prompt dri…MorePeripheral Monitoring of Traffic in Conditionally Automated Driving (Publication)
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Conditionally automated vehicles (level 3) allow drivers to engage in visual, non-driving related tasks (NDRTs) while the automation is active. System limits require drivers to reengage in the dynamic…MoreInfluencing Speed Behaviour at Highway Work Zones Using In-car Speed Limits and Warnings (Publication)
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Speeding behaviour and driver distraction cause relative unsafety at highway work zones and amongst young male drivers. Adding further safety measures to the infrastructure has adverse effects as driv…MoreDon’t Rely on Backup Alarms to Stop Backovers (Publication)
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Backing construction vehicles caused 24 construction worker fatalities and 50 more injuries in work zones in the US in 2016. This article discusses how this tragedy can be avoided by the use of intern…MoreIn-Vehicle Warnings Show Promise for Improving Work Zone Safety (Publication)
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This article introduces a new study conducted by University of Minnesota researchers on in-vehicle work zone messages, which is funded by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. The research proc…MoreThe Drive: Approaching a Work Zone? Your Phone Could Tell You (Publication)
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Drivers are so used to seeing static and digital work zone signs that they no longer pay attention to them. Chen-Fu Liao, a senior systems engineer at the University of Minnesota’s Traffic Observato…MoreIn-Vehicle Work Zone Messages (Publication)
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Work zones present an increased risk to drivers and the work crew. To mitigate these risks, this study investigated the potential effects of in-vehicle messages to communicate work zone events to the …MoreEvaluation of Mobile Work Zone Alarm Systems (Publication)
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Maintenance of highways often involves mobile work zones for various types of low speed moving operations such as striping and sweeping. The speed differential between the moving operation and traffic…MoreThe Effect of In-Vehicle Warning Systems on Speed Compliance in Work Zones (Publication)
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The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of augmented in-vehicle speed warnings on driver behavior in work zones. The influence of three device configurations were examined as th…More