dc.contributor.author | Isler, Robert B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Perrone, John A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Clark, Helen Elizabeth | |
dc.coverage.spatial | England | en_NZ |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-16T21:04:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-04-16T21:04:08Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2013-06 | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Clark, H. E., Perrone, J. A., & Isler, R. B. (2013). An illusory size–speed bias and railway crossing collisions. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 55, 226-231. | en_NZ |
dc.identifier.issn | 0001-4575 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10289/7465 | |
dc.description.abstract | Collisions between motor vehicles and trains at railway level crossings have been a high-profile issue for many years in New Zealand and other countries. Errors made in judging a train's speed could possibly be attributed to motorists being unknowingly subjected to a size-speed illusion and this could put them at considerable risk. Leibowitz (1985) maintained that a large object seems to be moving slower than a small object travelling at the same speed. Support has been provided for Leibowitz's theory from studies using simple shapes on a screen. However, the reasons behind the size-speed illusion remain unknown and there is no experimental evidence that it applies to an approaching train situation. To investigate these issues, we tested observers' relative speed estimation performance for a train and a car approaching at a range of speeds and distances, in a simulated environment. The data show that participants significantly underestimated the speed of the train, compared to the car. A size-speed illusion seems to be operating in the case of the approaching train in our simulation and may therefore be a risk factor in some railway level crossing collisions. | en_NZ |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_NZ |
dc.relation.ispartof | Accident Analysis & Prevention | |
dc.title | An illusory size–speed bias and railway crossing collisions | en_NZ |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_NZ |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.aap.2013.02.037 | en_NZ |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Accident Analysis and Prevention | en_NZ |
pubs.begin-page | 226 | en_NZ |
pubs.elements-id | 38359 | |
pubs.end-page | 231 | en_NZ |
pubs.volume | 55 | en_NZ |
uow.identifier.article-no | C | en_NZ |