Researchers from University of Michigan Report New Studies and Findings in the Area of Risk Management (How do drivers behave during indecision zone…

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Researchers from University of Michigan Report New Studies and Findings in the Area of Risk Management (How do drivers behave during indecision zone maneuvers?)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Researchers detail new data in Risk Management. According to news reporting from Ann Arbor, Michigan, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Yellow signal indications at intersections are well-known to be a contributor to traffic crashes. This study examined drivers' behavior during yellow signal indication (i.e., indecision zone) maneuvers."

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Michigan, "Data from a driving simulator study was used, which included drivers' performance data when they encountered a yellow signal indication at intersections under different secondary-task conditions. This study calculated drivers' likelihood to go through a yellow signal indication and examined factors that are related to drivers' decision making on intersection traversing. The results showed that drivers' decision on stopping or not at a yellow signal indication was associated with different variables including age, distraction, pedal conditions, and time to stop line."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Distracted drivers' insensitive behavior was also captured from the significant interaction effect between rime to stop line and distraction conditions, which implied that intersection related crash risk may increase when drivers were distracted."

For more information on this research see: How do drivers behave during indecision zone maneuvers? Accident Analysis and Prevention, 2016;96():274-279. Accident Analysis and Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis and Prevention - www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting H.M. Xiong, University of Michigan, Transportat Res Inst, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States. Additional authors for this research include P. Narayanaswamy, S. Bao, C. Flannagan and J. Sayer.

Keywords for this news article include: Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, North and Central America, Risk Management, University of Michigan.