PURPOSES : Evaluation of the effectiveness of changing the form of yellow carpet installation as a way to reduce child pedestrian traffic accidents. METHODS : Through expert opinion, two improvement plans for yellow carpet installation (oblique type, extended type) were derived. The improvement paln was built in virtual reality, and a virtual driving experiment was performed using a driving simulator and eye-trakcing device. The improvement effects of the two alternatives were evaluated by analyzing eye-tracking data and driving behavior. RESULTS : In the case of the oblique type, it was analyzed that it was effective in improving the total gaze time and first gaze position compared to the normal type. In the case of the extended type, it was analyzed that the workload during operation can be reduced. However, neither of them had a significant effect on driving behavior. CONCLUSIONS : Although the change in the yellow carpet installation type did not affect the driver's driving behavior, it had advantages in terms of visual behavior and workload while driving, so it can be considered as an alternative among measures to improve traffic accidents involving children and pedestrians.

PURPOSES: A hard shoulder lane (HSL) is a method of solving severe traffic congestion on an expressway. Recently, it has been applied to several expressways in Korea, and there have been numerous positive effects, which include increasing the road capacity and reducing traffic congestion. However, these effects have been limited due to tunnels which created a‘ bottle-neck’effect in HSL application for longer road segments. In the tunnel sections, an HSL is generally not operational owing to problems such as narrow roads and the risk of accidents. If an HSL can be extended to tunnel segments, great positive effects can be achieved. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate driver behavior and stability to investigate the risk of HSL in tunnels. METHODS: The Driving Simulator experiments were conducted using some scenarios for the Geumnam and Seojong tunnels on the Seoul- Chuncheon Highway. Based on data from the experiments such as running speed, lateral replacement, and steering handling, the running stabilities of participants were analyzed. In addition, traffic flow data from VDS(Vehicle Detection System) were analyzed as before-after studies. RESULTS: Although there were some differences in driving behaviors, most participants showed safe driving behavior at a speed of less than 50 km/h. CONCLUSIONS : Based on driving behaviors and traffic flow analyses, it is concluded that HSL in tunnels can be an alternative to increase efficiency based on safe driving environments for speeds of below 50 km/h.

PURPOSES: This study aims to evaluate the effects of vehicle dynamic behaviors on ride quality. METHODS: Simulation and field test were conducted to analyze the behavior of a driving vehicle. The simulation program CarSIM was applied and an INS (Inertial Navigation System) was used for field experiments. A small simulator was developed to simulate vehicle behavior such as roll, pitch, and bounce. The panels evaluated the ride quality in five stages from “very satisfied”to “very dissatisfied.”Experiments were conducted on a total of 144 cases of vehicle behavior combinations. RESULTS: In both simulation and field tests, pitch is the largest and yaw the smallest. Especially in the field test, the amount of yaw is very low, about 7% of pitch and 18% of roll. The sensitive and extensive analysis conducted related ride quality with changing the frequency and amplitude. It was found that the most sensitive frequency range is 8 Hz across all amplitudes. Moreover, the combination of the roll and bounce was most sensitive to the ride quality at the low-frequency range. CONCLUSIONS: This result show that the vertical vehicle behavior (bounce) as well as the rotational behavior (roll and pitch) are highly correlated with ride quality. Therefore, it is expected that a more reasonable roughness index can be developed through a combination of vertical and rotational vehicle behavior.

PURPOSES: This study devotes its energies to estimate greenhouse gas emissions for types of horizontal highway designs. METHODS: This paper suggested two types of road scenarios, scenario 1 is made by the lack of road design consistency. Beside scenario 1, scenario 2 is made by good road design. For comparisons of greenhouse gas emissions, driving simulator was used. RESULTS: Emission rates of road scenario 1 are 1.4 times higher than scenario 2 in the driving simulator. CONCLUSIONS : This study may have important implications for contributing to the application of road alignment technology for reduction of greenhouse gases as quantifying the correlations between greenhouse emissions and various road alignments. Consequently, this study will help road designers determine which roads are best alternatives in the process of choosing the roads in the future in terms of environmental benefits.

장대터널은 터널이 갖는 고유 특성으로 인하여 운전자의 주행안정성이 저하되고 사고위험성이 높기 때문에 신규 터널 설계시 사전에 충분한 검토가 필요하다. 특히 터널 주행시 나타나는 안정적인 속도유지 곤란과 졸음운전 가능성의 증가, 사고발생 시 높은 치사율 및 운전자가 경험하는 주관적인 불안감 등으로 인하여 설계 단계부터 시공에 이르기까지 교통심리학 및 인간공학적인 측면에서 숙고가 요구된다. 본 연구에서는 차량시뮬레이터를 이용하여 10km 이상의 장대터널(고속국도 60호선 춘천~양양간 건설공사 제14공구 내인제터널) 기본 설계안에 대한 운전자의 주행안정성을 평가한 후, 터널주행에 따른 문제점들을 파악하여 사고위험성이 높을 것으로 추정되는 위험구간 및 개선방안 등을 제시하였다. 실험 결과, 양양 및 춘천 방면 모두 도로선형이 바뀌는 변곡점을 전후하여 주행안정성이 저하되고 운전부하가 높아 위험구간으로 드러났다. 마지막으로 본 연구의 제한점 및 시사점에 대해 논의하였다.

It's declining the number of deaths in total traffic accidents, but the death of elder drivers has increasing than younger drivers. So this paper wish to prevent the traffic accident of the elder drivers using driving simulator. It can help to make better policies and planning for elder drivers.

본 연구에서는 현장 실험 조성의 제약을 극복하기 위해 3차원 가상현실(virtual reality)로 설계중인 도로를 모델링한 후, 피실험자가 Eye camera가 장착된 차량 시뮬레이터 (driving simulator)에 탑승하고 주행하면서 운전자가 행하는 선형변화에 대한 동적 반응 및 운전자의 시각행태에 대한 데이터를 획득하였다 본 실험에 적용된 차량시뮬레이터의 그래픽 모듈은 동역학 해석 모듈에 의해 얻어진 데이터를 기초로 하여 운동재현기와 가상환경의 일치감들 최대로 함으로써 피실험자로 하여금 차량시뮬레이터의 비현실성 및 부작용을 최소화하도록 하였다. 또한, Eye camera는 기존의 여타 장비와는 달리 운전자가 헬멧이나 렌즈 등 어떠한 부착장치도 착용하지 않고 실험할 수 있는 FaceLAB을 사용함으로써 운전자의 자연스러운 시각행태를 아무런 데이터 손실없이 획득하였다. 본 연구에서는 조사된 데이터를 바탕으로 도로 안전성을 평가하기 위해 차량 시뮬레이터, Eye camera방법을 통해 설계시 도로 기하구조 변화에 따라 운전자가 느끼는 안전성의 변화를 파악함으로써 도로 기하구조 조건과 안전성의 상관성을 명확하게 규명하고 이를 통해 운전자가 도로 주행시 편안하고 쾌적한 주행을 보장받을 수 있는 도로를 설계 단계에서부터 평가할 수 있는 방법을 제시하려고 한다.

자동차의 운전은 지각, 의사결정, 운동능력 등 다양한 능력을 필요로 하는 복잡한 행동의 연속이고, 지속적인 고도의 의식집중이나 외부자극에 대한 긴장감이 유발되므로 운전자는 피로를 느끼게 되며, 이러한 피로는 교통사고의 원인이 되고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 복잡한 도시생활, 교통체증, 직업적인 특성 등에 의하여 운전자가 차량 내에서 보내는 시간은 증가하고 있고, 그에 따른 피로나 스트레스를 피할 수 없는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 산소공급에 의한 운전 중 피로경감의 가능성을 알아 보기 위하여 주관적인 평가 및 반응시간 테스트를 통하여 각각 다른 산소농도를 공급할 때의 주행시간 경과에 따른 운전 피로감을 검토하였다. 그 결과, 주관적 피로감은 저농도(18%)의 산소조건에서 가장 피로를 많이 느끼고 고농도(30%)의 산소조건에서의 피로감은 상대적으로 감소하였다. 졸림감도 1시간 이상 주행시간이 경과된 경우에 고농도 산소조건에서 상대적으로 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 또한, 주행 2시간 후에 급정거의 지시로부터 브레이크에 반응하는 시간은 저농도의 산소조건에 비하여 고농도의 산소조건에서 유의하게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과로부터 자동차 운전 중에 산소농도가 저하되면 현저하게 피로를 느끼게 되고, 고농도의 산소를 공급하는 경우는 상대적으로 피로감이 저하되며 반응시간이 단축되는 것으로 나타나, 산소공급에 의하여 운전자의 피로가 경감될 수 있다고 시사되었다.

This work shows how to create an algorithm and implementation for motion and image matching between a vehicle simulator and Unity 3D based virtual object. The motion information of the virtual vehicle is transmitted to the real simulator via a RS232 communication protocol, and the motion is controlled based on the inverse kinematics solution of the platform adopting rotary-type six actuators driving system. Wash-out filters to implement the effective motion of the motion platform are adopted, and thereby reduce the dizziness and increase the realistic sense of motion. Furthermore, the simulator system is successfully designed aiming to reducing size and cost with adaptation of rotary-type six actuators, real driving environment via VR (Virtual Reality), and control schemes which employ a synchronization between 6 motors and 3rd order motion profiles. By providing relatively big sense of motion particularly in impact and straight motions mainly causing simulator sickness, dizziness is remarkably reduced, thereby enhancing the sense of realistic motion.