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DRIVING SIMULATION AND REACTION TIME INVESTIGATION ON DRIVER FOOTEDNESS

Ali, Ahmed M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1561991269668204

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2019, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Civil Engineering.
Driver, vehicle, road are main parameters in transportation engineering. In traffic safety, Brake Reaction Time (BRT) is an important parameter. This dissertation implements driving simulation to investigate driver footedness. Driver reacts to visual sign require an emergency brake reaction and reaction time. Participants are classified into two groups based on foot dominant. Brake reaction time tested in two scenarios. First, a normal driving simulation that imitates a normal driving setting specifically gas and brake pedal location. Second, drivers were instructed to use their left foot instead of the right foot and using the same driving sitting except switching the gas and brake pedal location. This dissertation proceeds with an investigation on the relationship between left footed footedness reaction time to their Peers right footed participants. The footedness was founded to be statistically different between groups. The right-footed group tends to have a shorter reaction time when they use the dominant right foot. However, the left-footed group tends to have a shorter reaction time when they use their left foot. This finding highlight that the left-footed population is constrained to use the wrong foot for vehicle acceleration and deceleration.
Ping Yi (Advisor)
Qindan Huang (Committee Member)
Richard Einsporn (Committee Member)
Yilmaz Sozer (Committee Member)
Zhe Luo (Committee Member)
50 p.
Civil Engineering
Footedness; Left-footed driver; Brakes Reaction time; right-footed drivers; driver human factor; driver safety; driving simulation

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  • Ali, A. M. (2019). DRIVING SIMULATION AND REACTION TIME INVESTIGATION ON DRIVER FOOTEDNESS [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1561991269668204

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ali, Ahmed. DRIVING SIMULATION AND REACTION TIME INVESTIGATION ON DRIVER FOOTEDNESS. 2019. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1561991269668204.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ali, Ahmed. "DRIVING SIMULATION AND REACTION TIME INVESTIGATION ON DRIVER FOOTEDNESS." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1561991269668204

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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