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An Investigation of Collision Avoidance Warnings on Brake Response Times of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers

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dc.contributor.authorShutko, Johnen
dc.contributor.committeechairDingus, Thomas A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBarfield, Woodrow S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWilliges, Robert C.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:25Zen
dc.date.adate2001-04-29en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:25Zen
dc.date.issued1999-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2002-04-29en
dc.date.sdate2001-04-13en
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this experiment was to determine what if any effect two different types of warnings have the brake reaction time of distracted commercial motor vehicle operators. The warning conditions were: No Warning, Auditory Tire Skid Warning, and One Second Brake Pulse Warning. Each participant was distracted via a distracter task during the experiment. As the participants were distracted, an obstacle was launched out into their forward path. Each participant received his/her appropriate warning, according to what condition they were placed, when the obstacle entered their headway. It was determined that the Auditory Tire Skid Warning aided in decreasing the movement times, while the One Second Brake Pulse Warning aided in decreasing the number of collisions with the barrels and speed at contact with the barrels.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04132001-152251en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04132001-152251/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31703en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartthesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEmergency Brakingen
dc.subjectDistracted Driversen
dc.subjectBrake Response Timeen
dc.subjectCollision Avoidance Warningsen
dc.titleAn Investigation of Collision Avoidance Warnings on Brake Response Times of Commercial Motor Vehicle Driversen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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