Citation

Obeidat MS, Altheeb NF, Momani A, Al Theeb N. Int. J. Occup. Safety Ergonomics 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Centralny Instytut Ochrony Pracy - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/10803548.2020.1807126

PMID

32762298

Abstract

A driver's field of view is an essential requirement for decreasing traffic crashes and increasing safety. This paper improves driver safety by analyzing factors that affect the invisibility angles formed by a vehicle's A and B-pillars. An experiment was conducted with 117 participants. Two models were developed, each associated with one invisibility angle. In the A-pillar invisibility model, the age, weight, waist circumference, torso angle, and distance between eyes and windshield were significant. For the B-pillar model, the age, gender, stature, waist depth, waist breadth, torso angle, and distance between the steering wheel and abdomen were significant. Some of these factors increase the invisibility angle(s), including the age, stature, torso angle, distance between the windshield and driver eyes, and the distance between the steering wheel and abdomen. Other factors decrease the invisibility angle(s), including weight, waist circumference, waist depth, and waist breadth. In addition, gender affects significantly the invisibility angle.

Language: en

Keywords

traffic; blind spots; body mass index; driving posture; obstruction