Pariota, L orcid.org/0000-0001-9173-666X and Bifulco, GN (2015) Experimental evidence supporting simpler Action Point paradigms for car-following. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 35. pp. 1-15. ISSN 1369-8478
Abstract
The Action Point theory is one of the paradigms that can be applied to understand and reproduce car-following behaviour. Several different approaches to this theory have been proposed, some more simple and others more complex. In particular, the reference point in this field is still the paradigm from Wiedemann, which requires the identification of four action-point thresholds. In this paper we review Action Point theories in order to highlight similarities and differences and to ascertain whether all the thresholds proposed by Wiedemann actually bind the driving behaviour. Based on a large-scale experiment in which car-following data were collected, we identified all candidate action points assuming that the more complex (four-threshold) theory holds. Then we tested these points with respect to the large data set of available observations, in order to check whether actual actions are performed at the points. The results show that very often simpler approaches better match the observed data and that in order to explain car-following behaviour it is sufficient in most cases to refer to two thresholds. The results obtained by real-world observation were also tested in virtual environments (two different kinds of driving simulators) and were confirmed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015, Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Action Point Model; Car-following behaviour; Driving behaviour; Instrumented vehicle; Driving simulator |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 Mar 2017 14:57 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 19:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.trf.2015.08.002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:112404 |