Volume 29, Issue 1
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2020.40
SIMULATION ANALYSIS ON THE INFLUENCE OF TRAFFIC LIGHT CHANGES OVER DRIVERS’ EMOTIONS BASED ON VIRTUAL REALITY PLATFORM
Abstract
The changes in traffic lights at intersections may cause discomfort to drivers, and even lead to traffic accidents. In this paper, a virtual reality (VR) simulation driving platform is adopted to simulate the actual driving environment. Several drivers were selected to drive in the simulated environment. The physiological data of the drivers were collected by the data acquisition system Mindware, and their psychological behavior was recorded synchronously on BIOLAB. Then, the psychological and emotional changes of the drivers at traffic light changes were analyzed in details. The results show that, when the traffic light changes, the drivers may exhibit three kinds of behaviors, including greenlight-dashing, greenlight-forestalling, and greenlight-sprinting; meanwhile, the drivers experience tense, hesitant psychological changes, especially for the greenlight-sprinting behavior. The research results enrich the theories and results on how traffic light changes affect drivers’ psychology, and help to improve road traffic safety.
Keywords
Virtual Reality (VR) Platform, Traffic Signal Change, Driver Psychology, Driver Emotion, Simulation Experiment.