Psychological effects of work zones on drivers
Sponsor
BASt (Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen)
Partners
Professorship of Human Factors & Ergonomics
Professorship of Communications Engineering
Duration
10/2011-09/2013
Description
Based on a literature survey regarding workzones on German motorways, expert and user studies will be conducted to identify those parameters that impose the highest load on drivers while passing through workzones, as well as to identify specific information needs that arise and that might help to reduce load and indrease safety. The findings will be used to design a driving simulator study that explicitly manipulates these parameters to test the hypotheses that resulted from the first project steps. Goal are recommendations for improved work zone designs and rules, as well as for the presentation of information regarding these work zones.
Contact
People
Dipl.-Soz. Claudia Mair, Dipl.-Psych. Katharina Pöschel (Professorship of Ergnomics), Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Patrick Roßner (Professorship of Ergnomics)
