@conference{driving 28079, author = {A Hamish Jamson, Natasha Merat}, title = {Can Low Cost Road Engineering Measures Combat Driver Fatigue? A Driving Simulator Investigation}, volume = {5}, year = {2009}, url = {https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/driving/article/id/28079/}, issue = {2009}, doi = {10.17077/drivingassessment.1329}, abstract = {<p>Driver fatigue is a major cause of road accidents, accounting for over 20% of serious accidents on motorways and monotonous roads in the U.K. This study investigated the potential for low-cost, road-based, engineering measures to act as alerting features in an otherwise monotonous driving environment and hence combat fatigue. Thirty-three drivers took part in the driving simulator study. There was some evidence of an alerting effect provided to drivers by all three of the treatments tested: chevron road-surface markings, transversecarriageway rumble strips and variable message signs. However, the alerting effect did appear to be relatively weak and potentially quite short-lived. Nevertheless, there may well be potential for any of the novel alerts to be deployed in the field in a known fatigue-related accident area.</p>}, month = {6}, pages = {251-259}, publisher={University of Iowa}, journal = {Driving Assessment Conference} }