Citation

Li H, Xie S, Yang F, Lu Y, Zhu S. Front. Neurosci. 2022; 16: e872863.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Frontiers Research Foundation)

DOI

10.3389/fnins.2022.872863

PMID

35747211

PMCID

PMC9210929

Abstract

To find the appropriate range of information quantity, we studied how the information quantity of traffic engineering facilities (TEFs) on straight roads of grassland highways affects a driver's eye movements. We used a combination of survey, statistics, analysis of variance, and the establishment of virtual scene to do this research, and carried out simulated driving tests at six levels (Z0, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, and Z5) of TEF information quantity. The driver's fixation duration, visual search breadth, and glance speed were evaluated in a quantitative way.

RESULTS showed that the information quantity had a significant impact on eye movements. It is concluded that the information quantity from 0 to 10 bits/km may cause problems to drivers, whereas the information quantity of 40 bits/km serves as the limit. The information quantity from 30 to 40 bits/km is the appropriate one for TEF on grassland highways.

Language: en

Keywords

fixation; grassland highway; information quantity; saccade; traffic engineering facility