Abstract
The reported study employed a virtual reality (VR) system, using a head mounted display (HMD), to investigate road crossing behavior in children and young adults. Younger children (aged 5-9 years) made the greatest number of unsafe road crossings and the oldest participants (aged > 19 years) the fewest. Overall performance was better (fewer unsafe road crossings) in uniform speed than uniform distance trials, consistent with previous research suggesting that pedestrians base road crossing decisions on inter-vehicle distance rather than vehicle speed. Results are discussed in terms of road crossing behavior and the use of VR simulations in the study of pedestrian behavior.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 787-796 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Accident Analysis and Prevention |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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