Impact of Environmental & Psychological Factors on Driver’s Behavior and its Respective Effective Measures to be Taken in Terms of Improving Roadway Design and Policymaking

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10.2991/978-94-6463-602-4_35How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Environmental factors; Psychological factors; pavement condition; and road danger

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the complex connection among environmental and psychological factors that impact driver behavior, with an emphasis on the effect of traffic heterogeneity and unfavorable pavement conditions on driving performance. The findings indicate that environmental stimuli and their processing by the human brain can have a significant impact on driver behavior. Drivers in heterogeneous traffic may uncertain to maintain their speed and may engage in more lane changes and overtaking, leading to increased visual and cognitive distractions. Moreover, the traffic performance is greatly impacted by the adverse road conditions resulting in the direct relationship in between road conditions and vehicle speed. These findings have significant implications regarding road design and traffic management, as they highlight the need to take measures for improving road conditions and effective traffic controls to ensure safe and sound driving. This current study is really helpful to policy makers, transportation engineers and road designers in developing traffic management strategies and informed decisions about road infrastructure to make certain the smooth traffic flow. Furthermore, risky driving behavior arbitrates the involvement of psychosocial factors in road traffic accidents. Implications of the findings have been discussed in terms of improving drivers’ training curricula and enforcement of traffic laws.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sumbul Mujeeb
AU  - Mir Shabbar Ali
AU  - Syeda Batool
AU  - Mahnoor Mujeeb
AU  - Muhammad Ali Qureshi
AU  - Muhammad Ammad Qureshi
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/24
TI  - Impact of Environmental & Psychological Factors on Driver’s Behavior and its Respective Effective Measures to be Taken in Terms of Improving Roadway Design and Policymaking
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Key Enabling Technologies (KEYTECH 2024)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 257
EP  - 265
SN  - 2589-4943
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-602-4_35
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-602-4_35
ID  - Mujeeb2024
ER  -