Visual perception and its relationship to the
subsequent manipulative behaviors are fundamental for people to recognize the
world. The most important manipulations of drivers are speed control and
steering, which could possibly guarantee a safe driving. So, to avoid accidents
the driver does a series of judgments, decisions and actions, which could be
impact by the visual information it perceived.
Over the past few decades, visual perception has
gradually gone from the psychology domain to its relevant fields, like the
transportation science and engineering, to play a more important role in the
human factors in transportation. This books presents the state of the art in
speed perception and its application with a kind of edge rate markings
installed on roadways with empirical on-road experiments and field observations
of naturalistic driving data. Reaching a great combination of the fundamental
theory in cognitive psychology and the issues in traffic and transportation
engineering, this books is one of the most practical and up-to-date references
available on the subject of influence of visual perception on drivers’ speed
control and steering behaviors. This allows the knowledge of visual perception
and transportation accessible to a wider range of audiences, and also introduce
new thoughts and new methods for decision-makers, practitioners in dealing with
traffic safety or related issues. The fundamental concepts, experimental
process, statistical analyses, and comprehensive discussions are covered in
detail, providing the readers a systematic understanding of the field.